Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
8:07 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, South Ferguson Road, north of West CR 200S, Warsaw. Driver: Luke T. Sefton, 33, Ridgeline Drive, Fort Wayne. Hit a deer. Damages up to $5,000.
11:01 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East Old Road 30 and North CR 600E, Warsaw. Driver: Charity L. Davis, 43, Ems B37 Lane, Warsaw, and Angela P. Hoskins, 36, North Barbee Road, Warsaw. Davis lost control of her vehicle which crossed the line and collided with Hoskins’ vehicle. Damages up to $10,000.
6:16 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, South CR 1000W, south of West CR 800S Mentone. Driver: Arissa F. Grossman, 57, North SR 19, Akron. Grossman’s vehicle began to slid; Grossman overcorrected and went off the road causing her vehicle to roll. Damages up to $5,000.
6:07 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, North CR 475E, north of East CR 300N, Warsaw. Driver: Jacob C. Shortt, 17, Ems B42 Lane, Leesburg, and William J. Rex, 34, East Bond Street, North Webster. Shortt’s vehicle lost control and collided with Rex’s. Damages up to $10,000.
6:03 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, South Union Street and West Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Driver: Amy D. Yoder, 31, Eisenhower Parkway, Warsaw, and Taylor R. Strong, 23, North Jefferson Street, Silver Lake. Yoder’s vehicle slid through the stop sign and struck Strong’s. Damages up to $2,500.
4:39 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East CR 1100N, east of North Turkey Creek Road, Cromwell. Driver: Benjamin M. Meeks, 16, West Cromwell Road, Ligonier. Slid off the road and struck a utility pole. Damages up to $5,000.
3:41 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East Stanton Road and North Stanton Road, Leesburg. Driver: Wanessa L. Bociansk, 34, East Paddock Drive, Warsaw. Slid off the road and struck a stop sign. Damages up to $5,000.
1:41 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, North SR 15, south of West CR 600N, Warsaw. Drivers: Karen D. Ellison, 63, East Birchwood Court, Warsaw, and Billy J. Cook, 59, South Walnut Street, Burket. Ellison’s vehicle rear-ended Cook’s. Damages up to $5,000.
12:50 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East CR 1000N, east of Ems D12 Lane, Milford. Driver: Shawn M. Kitson, 40, North Koher Road, Syracuse. Kitson was responding a request to tow a vehicle that had slid off the road. Kitson’s vehicle slide on ice and snow when backing up to load the vehicle and hit the second vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
8:01 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East Epworth Forest Road, east of North Panorama Drive, North Webster. Driver: Loren M. Pruitt, 70, South Country Club Road, Warsaw, and Kristen M. Meeks, 28, East Epworth Forest Road, North Webster. Pruitt’s vehicle lost traction and slid into Meeks’ path, causing Meek’s vehicle to strike Pruitt’s. Damages up to $2,500.
7:09 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East CR 700N, west of North 300E, Leesburg. Driver: Alexander S. Wilkie, 21, Ems D25 Lane, Syracuse. Wilkie’s vehicle slide off the road while turning onto CR 700N. Damages up to $2,500.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accident:
12:53 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 9850 N. SR 13, Syracuse. Driver: Aaron S. Evans, 17, North Lake Street, Syracuse. Evans’ vehicle slid on ice and struck a parked car. Damages up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
12:31 a.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 330 E. Center Road, Warsaw. Driver: Loai M. Abuzain-Eddin, 34, East 50th Street, Tulsa, Okla. Abuzain-Eddin back into a gas pump causing minimum damage to the pump. Damages up to $10,000.
4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, SR 15, West CR 300N, Warsaw. Driver: Trevor W. Burgess, 24, East Sycamore Street, Silver Lake, and Lana R. Crafton, 62, Latta Street, Warsaw. Burgess’s vehicle sideswiped Crafton’s when trying to avoid a collision. Damages up to $5,000.
6:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, Frontage Road, Warsaw. Driver: Damien D. Howard, 18, East Prairie Street, Leesburg. Slid off the road and struck a fence. Damages up to $10,000.
5:57 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, US 30, east of SR 15 interchange ramp, Warsaw. Drivers: Aubrey M. Feipel, 20, Marion Center Road, Hoagland, and Kara D. Daniels, 29, Drew Lane, New Paris. Feipel’s vehicle hit ice and began to spin out of control into the oncoming lane. Daniels’ vehicle struck Feipel’s vehicle which continued to spin, stopping at the top of the overpass. Damages up to $10,000.
5:42 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East Center Street and North Harrison Street, Warsaw. Driver: Kathryn M. Ray, 86, Ems D17 Lane, Syracuse, and Jeffrey N. Bryant, 30, North Roosevelt Street, Warsaw. Ray’s vehicle failed to brake when the light turned yellow and slid into Bryant’s. Damages up to $10,000.
4:12 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 1137 Briar Ridge Circle, Warsaw. Divans Kataria reported finding damage to his rear bumper on his parked car. Damages up to $1,000.
2:51 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, West US 30, east of North CR 200W, Warsaw. Driver: Navjoth Kaur, 26, Niblick Landing, Fort Wayne. Slid off the road and struck a sign post. Damages up to $5,000.
1:55 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, North Parker Street and East US 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Anthony A. Allsop, 42, South Walnut Drive, Warsaw, Alex M. Hurt, 36, South Columbia Street, Warsaw, and Ana L. Soto, 41, East CR 200N, Warsaw. Allsop’s vehicle began to slide sideways and sideswiped Hurt’s, pushing Hurt’s vehicle into Soto’s. Damages up to $5,000.
1:52 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, Commerce Drive, south of US 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Jared B. Oberely, 29, West CR 200S, Mentone, and Danny K. Coldren, 71, South SR 13, Claypool. Oberely’s vehicle hit a patch of ice and slid into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with Coldren’s. Damages up to $10,000.
1:35 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, East US 30 and East 200N, Warsaw. Driver: Melanie J. Clemens, 23, South Main Street, Bourbon, and Kira A. Courson, 25, North Old Road 15, Warsaw. Clemens’ vehicle slid on the wet road and swerved to avoid a collision but swerved into Courson’s. Damages up to $5,000.
8:45 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2942 E. US 30, Warsaw. Driver: James F. Tinsley, 34, South State Street, South Whitley. Tinsley lost control of his vehicle which struck two cars, a light pole and a concrete barrier. Injured; Tinley complained of back pain and was treated on site. Damages up to $5,000.
2:39 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 3416 Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Joann Prescott reported a vehicle sideswiping her parked vehicle as the unknown driver pulled out. Damages up to $1,000.
12:10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, East Center Street and South High Street, Warsaw. Driver: Zachery M. Smith, 34, North SR 25, Rochester, and Beth M. Crandall, 83rd Lane, Brooklyn, Minn. Smith’s vehicle rear-ended Crandall’s. Damages up to $10,000.
7:34 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7. 1511 W. Lake St., Warsaw. Driver: Kennel L. Williams, 48, South Bronson Street, Warsaw. Williams attempted to pull through an alley and hit a pipe sticking out of the ground. Damages up to $1,000.
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:
12:13 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, College Avenue and Seventh Street, Winona Lake. Driver: Bonnie E. Church, 74, South Washington Street, Warsaw, and Elsie F. Hoppas, 82, South Union Street, Warsaw. Church failed to yield to Hoppas. Damages up to $2,500.
4:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, South Cherry Creek Lane and East Pierceton Road, Winona Lake. Driver: Chasen D. Madsen, 17, East Prestwick Road, Winona Lake. Slid off the road and struck a stop sign. Damages up to $2,500.
12:56 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, CR 250S and Packerton Road, Warsaw. Driver: Naomi Gonzales, 32, South Packerton Road, Warsaw. Gonzales was found on the side of the road in a broken down vehicle which looked to have sustained recent damage. Gonzales walked home and was cited for driving without a license and a hit and run. Damages up to $5,000.
5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4, Argonne Road and East Winona Avenue, Winona Lake. Drivers: Deborah J. Nayrocker, 60, North Johnson Street, Warsaw, and Mark H. Magallanez, 20, West 132nd Plaza, Crown Point. Nayrocker’s vehicle rear-ended Magallanez’s. Damages up to $1,000.