Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:
10:36 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, South Country Club Road and East CR 300S, Warsaw. Driver: Alexandria M. Rivera, 17, South CR 300E, Claypool. Rivera fell asleep while driving and her vehicle left the road, hitting a Century Link utility pole. Damage up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
7:09 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, North CR 100E and East CR 300N, Warsaw. Drivers: Megan C. Richard, 28, East Mowrey Road, Columbia City, and Sara Montoya, 44, East CR 200N, Warsaw. Richard’s vehicle and Montoya’s vehicle collided head-on. A witness on the scene told officers his vehicle had been traveling in front of Richard’s vehicle and that he slowed down and signaled his intent to turn left, then stopped to let Montoya’s oncoming vehicle go by, when the collision occurred. Montoya was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital with contusions to the hip and upper leg. Richard also complained of pain to her upper leg area. A passenger in Richard’s vehicle, Adam J. Connelly-Cross, 33, East Market Street, Columbia City, had minor bleeding to the head. Damage up to $50,000.
4:24 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, Lake City Highway west of South CR 250E, Warsaw. Drivers: Blake Hughes, 23, Woodland Drive, Rossford, Ohio, and Terry L. Sites, 41, North CR 400E, North Manchester. Sites dozed at the wheel and his vehicle swerved into Hughes’s vehicle, then came to rest in the median. Damage up to $2,500.
1:39 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, 1515 Provident Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Shana E. Harrell, 27, North CR 100E, Warsaw. Harrell backed her vehicle into a parked car belonging to John B. Lowe III, East Oak Lane, Warsaw. Damage up to $5,000.
12:50 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 3724 North SR 15, Warsaw. A parked care belonging to Joseph E. Bencze, South County Farm Road, Claypool, rolled into two parked cars, one belonging to Tony L. Koser, South CR 775W, Warsaw, and the other belonging to Scott C. Lazar, West Cromwell Road, Cromwell. Bencze contacted Koser and Lazar to let them know about the accident. Damage up to $5,000.
9:41 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, Jalynn Street and North Detroit Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Kevin L. Kern, 59, East CR 800N, North Webster, and Tyler R. Brunk, 22, North CR 180E, North Manchester. Kern’s vehicle rear-ended Brunk’s vehicle at the stoplight. Damage up to $2,500.