Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
9:13 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, South Packerton Road, Warsaw. Driver: Dakota A. Denna, 20, South County Farm Road, Claypool. Denna was driving northbound on South Packerton at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a mailbox. Damage up to $10,000.
5:18 pm. Sunday, Jan. 29, North SR 15 and West CR 400N, Warsaw. Driver: Brandon M. Preston, 23, East Van Buren Street, Leesburg. At the intersection, a vehicle traveling behind Preston was unable to stop. The vehicle swerved into the grass and sideswiped Preston’s vehicle. The driver fled the scene. Damage up to $2,500.
7:50 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, East CR 225S, Warsaw. Driver: Janina Perales, 26, East Lincolnway, Columbia City. Perales struck a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
4:20 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 428 W. Center St., Warsaw. Driver: Jamie J. Graham, 26, West Center Street, Warsaw. As Graham turned her vehicle on in a driveway, her leg was outside the vehicle in-between the door and the car. When the car turned on, it lurched to the left, striking a parked vehicle and pinning Graham’s leg in the door jam. Damage up to $2,500.
11:47 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 205 W. Center St., Warsaw. Drivers: Katie B. Zakutansky, 22, Orchard Drive, Winona Lake, and Larry D. Rock, 54, Blackford Drive, Tippecanoe. Zakutansky backed into Rock’s parked vehicle as Zakutansky was backing out of a parking space. Damage up to $2,500.