Area Accident Reports
KOSCIUSKO
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
5:19 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, 5100 block East Old Road 30. Driver: Crystal J. Schuler, 26, South Wood Street, Warsaw. Schuler was driving west on East Old Road 30 when a deer ran into the right side of her vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
5:10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, South Packerton Road, south of East CR 600S. Driver: Jose J. Mendoza, 55, South McKinley Street, Warsaw. Mendoza was driving south on Packerton Road when his vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $1,000.
2:46 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, North SR13, south of Executive Boulevard. Drivers: Ronald R. Centers, 51, South Main Street, Goshen, and Michael A. Poyser, 92, East Orange Street, Cromwell. Centers was driving south on SR13, while Poyser was driving north. Centers went across the center line and the vehicles impacted head on. All occupants of both vehicles, including a female in Poyser’s vehicle, were transported from the scene for further medical care. Damage up to $100,000.
SYRACUSE
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accidents:
1:57 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, South Huntington Street, north of East Pittsburgh Street. Drivers: Keith A. Busch, 44, Stuedebaker Street, South Bend, and Kimberly C. Hyde, 55, North Syracuse Webster Road, Syracuse. Hyde was driving south on South Huntington Street when Busch exited the parking lot of a Marathon gas station. Busch failed to yield, crashing into Hyde’s vehicle. Hyde said that Busch appeared to be intoxicated and tried to pay her $15. Busch said that he was late for work and needed to leave, but Hyde told him that they needed to call the police. Busch got into his vehicle and left the scene. Hyde identified the vehicle to authorities. Busch denied being involved in the accident and refused to submit field sobriety tests. A witness said that she loaned Busch her vehicle so that he could go to the gas station. Damage up to $5,000.
4:14 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, 726 South Huntington Street. Driver: Steven L. Kaufman, 53, South Syracuse Webster Road, Syracuse. Kaufman was backing into a parking spot when his foot slipped off the brake, hitting a vehicle that was parked behind him. Damage up to $2,500.