Area Accident Reports
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:
2:27 p.m. Thursday, March 9, Wooster Road and South CR 250E, Winona Lake. Drivers: Christopher L. Mignery, 33, East Bayview Drive, Syracuse, and Martha L. Bays, 60, East Van Ness Road, Pierceton. Mignery rear-ended Bays’ vehicle. Damages up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
5:16 p.m. Thursday, March 9, East Center Street, east of Eastlake Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Bernard M. Kuczka, 78, South Julian Drive, Warsaw, and Chelsi S. Trumble, 26, West CR 250S, Warsaw. Kuczka rear-ended Trumble’s vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.
Goshen
Officers with the Goshen Police Department investigated the following accident:
9:56 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9. Janice Murphy, 55, 9065 E. Circle Drive South, Syracuse, was involved in a property damage accident at Lincolnway East and Eisenhower Drive North. During the investigation, it was learned Murphy disregarded a red traffic light and struck another vehicle. The investigation also revealed Murphy was under the influence of prescription narcotics. She was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated – endangering and was taken to the Elkhart County Correctional Facility.