Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
6:32 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, South Main Street, south of West Section Street, Milford. Driver: Terry L. Masterson, 37, North Lincoln Street, Warsaw. Masterson failed to negotiate a curve, going off the right side of the road, hitting a guard rail warning sign and tree. He was checked by medics at the scene and refused treatment. Damage up to $5,000.
1:09 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, East Epworth Forest Road, north of North CR 975E, North Webster. Driver: Shea O. Rumley, 34, EMS B25 Lane, Leesburg. Rumley complained of pain to the head and was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Rumley swerved his vehicle to miss a deer, went off the road and struck a tree. Damage up to $10,000.
2:19 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, South SR 15, south of West CR 300S, Warsaw. Drivers: Vernon E. Bruce, 34, East Sheridan Street, Warsaw; James M. Thornburg, 67, North 18th Avenue, Beech Grove; Angela B. Espinoza, 35, North Second Trail, North Webster. Bruce’s vehicle struck the back of the Thornburg vehicle, which in turn struck the back of the Espinoza vehicle. Damage up to $25,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
11:11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, Husky Trail, Warsaw. Driver: Trevor J. Prater, 18, South CR 775E, Pierceton. Prater was backing from a parking space and struck a parked vehicle registered to Megan L. Bibler, South CR 400W, Claypool. Damage up to $2,500.
9:07 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, North Detroit Street, north of Lyon Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Ashlee L. Swanson, 33, West Second Street, North Manchester, and Melinda K. Foreman, 41, Anchorage Road, Warsaw. Swanson was looking for the correct entrance to turn into a North Detroit Street location, and started to turn left, across southbound traffic, failing to see the southbound Foreman vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.