Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
8:58 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, North CR 300E, south of East CR 100N. Driver: John L. McConnell, 78, Oakwood Drive, Warsaw. McConnell was traveling south on CR North 300E when a deer entered the roadway. McConnell’s vehicle was unable to avoid striking the deer. Damage up to $10,000.
6:23 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, West CR 350N, east of North Airport Road. Drivers: Zachary T. LeDrew, 18, East Barrington Plaza, Warsaw, and William O. Nichols, 57, West CR 800S, Claypool. LeDrew was traveling east on CR 350N when Nichols’ vehicle entered his lane of travel. Nichols stopped at a stop sign and entered LeDrew’s lane. LeDrew’s vehicle drove into the ditch to avoid Nichols’ vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
6:23 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, South Packerton Road, south of East CR 400S, Winona Lake. Driver: Susanna Troyer, 60, North Walnut St., North Manchester. Troyer was driving north on Packerton Road when her vehicle struck a patch of ice, causing her to lose control of her vehicle and strike a steel post. Damage up to $5,000.
9:50 a.m. Monday, April 9, North CR 100W and West CR 675N, Leesburg. A vehicle slid into a highway sign and a PVC fence after failing to negotiate a curve at CR 100N. The driver of the vehicle left the scene. After the crash, someone tried to remove the license plate from the vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
5:14 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, East Center St., east of Robmar Drive. Drivers: Taryn L. Carmody, 23, US Highway 20, Swanton, OH, and Geriann Wohead, 62, EMS C17 Lane, Warsaw. Carmody was exiting out of a Phillips 66 gas station parking lot to go west on East Center St. As she crossed both eastbound lanes her vehicle struck Wohead’s vehicle, which was traveling in the left lane of East Center St. Damage up to $10,000.
4:52 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, East Market St., east of South Wood St. Drivers: Kristin B. Dove, 24, North Detroit St., Warsaw, and Brandon M. Matchem, 39, School St., Winona Lake. Dove was driving east on Market St., stating that the road narrowed due to vehicles parked on the side of the roadway. She began to drive around a vehicle at the same time Matchem was driving, causing her vehicle’s left outside mirror to strike Matchem’s vehicle’s left outside mirror. Damage up to $1,000.