Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
7:06 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, West CR 400N, west of North CR 600W, Warsaw. Driver: Mary L. Miller, 30, West CR 600N, Etna Green. Miller struck a deer with her vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
6:43 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, Husky Trail, north of East CR 200N, Warsaw. Drivers: Jessica N. Harreld, 35, Hawthorn Drive, Warsaw, and Matthew R. McDonald, 37, East CR 250N, Pierceton. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damage up to $10,000.
6:25 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, East Pierceton Road and East Washington Road, Pierceton. Driver: Steven T. Prater, 35, East Pierceton Road, Pierceton. Prater struck a deer with his vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
5:57 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, SR 15, south of West Union Street, Warsaw. Driver: Terrence G. Hobbs, 66, Orchard Street, Wabash. Hobbs struck a deer with his vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
5:51 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, East CR 350N, west of North CR 100E, Warsaw. Driver: Maria G. Perez, 18, North CR 100E, Warsaw. Perez’s vehicle crossed the center line and struck a utility pole. Damage up to $5,000.
5:04 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, SR 13, north of East CR 850S, Claypool. Driver: Eric M. Gowen, 41, East 4th Street, North Manchester. Gowen struck a deer with his vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
6:17 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, West CR 25S, east of South CR 900W, Warsaw. Driver: Terry A. Vanlaningham, 64, Shilling Road, Mentone. Vanlaningham struck a deer with his vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
7:12 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, SR 15 and West Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Salvadore Cervantes-Bernabe, 35, East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw, and Ashley N. Kann, Southwood Drive, Warsaw. Cervantes-Bernabe failed to yield the right of way, resulting in his vehicle being struck by Kann’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
5:35 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, North CR 150W, south of Executive Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Amy R. Dawson, 45, East CR 300N, Warsaw. Dawson struck a deer with her vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
11:18 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, North Detroit Street and East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Mark E. O’Brien, 39, SR 124, Wabash, and Megan M. Engelberth, 33, Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw. O’Brien’s vehicle rear-ended Engelberth’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
9:50 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, North Detroit Street, south of East Main Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Allen D. Kuusela, 60, Summit Avenue, Springfield, Vermont, and Katelynn M. Davis, 17, North Parker Street, Warsaw. Kuusela’s vehicle ran a red light and his vehicle struck Davis’ vehicle. Davis was transported to KCH by her mother to be evaluated by a doctor. Damage up to $10,000,
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accidents:
3:18 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, Argonne Road and Kings Highway. Drivers: Thomas E. Everett, 83, Camelot Drive, Winona Lake, and Andrea M. Morales, 28, East CR 550S, Warsaw. Everett stated he dropped his cigar on the floorboard of his vehicle and was reaching down to pick it up. He advised that he must have bumped the gearshift into reverse. When he looked up, the light had turned green and he hit his accelerator, resulting in his vehicle backing into Morales’ vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
8:48 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, Wooster Road and Kings Highway, Winona Lake. Drivers: Brian G. Barnes, 29, McClellan Street, Warsaw, and Amanda M. Whitaker, 27, EMS C31 Lane, Warsaw. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damage up to $10,000.