Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
6:18 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, at South Jefferson Street, south of West Main Street, Silver Lake. Drivers: Linda B. Duncan, 46, South SR 15, Silver Lake, and Jason M. Johnson, 35, Fredericktown, Mo. Duncan fell asleep at the wheel and rear-ended Johnson’s semi-trailer. Damage up to $50,000.
6:02 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, at 8508 West SR 25, Mentone. Driver: James A. Vickers, 17, North Sunset Drive, Warsaw. Vickers stated he passed out behind the wheel, ran off the roadway and into a resident’s garage. Damage up to $100,000. Vickers was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital with complaint of knee pain.
3:57 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, at East CR 550N, north of North CR 250E, Warsaw. Driver: Unknown. The unknown driver of a vehicle missed a curve and skidded through an intersection and stuck a tree on the north edge of the intersection. Damage up to $10,000. When officers arrived there was no one around the vehicle and attempts to contact the registered owner failed. The vehicle was towed from the scene.