Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
6:15 p.m. Thursday, June 8, South SR 15, north of CR 550S, Warsaw. Drivers: Ella I. Taylor, 59, Woodlawn Drive, Warsaw; Markus W. Dean, 47, North CR 300W, Lake Village. According to police, Taylor was driving her vehicle northbound on SR 15 and crossed the center line, striking Dean’s vehicle, a tanker semi tractor trailor, head-on. Taylor was extricated from her vehicle and transported by helicopter to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Damage: $50,000 to $100,000.
4:20 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, West CR 1350N and North CR 1100W, Nappanee. Drivers: Amar Masri, 60, Hursh Road, Fort Wayne; Norma M. Wagner, 55, Seneca Drive, Goshen. Masri told police he was driving his vehicle eastbound and was stopped at the stop sign of CR 1350N and CR 1100W. He said he saw Wagner’s vehicle but thought he could pass through the intersection in time. Wagner was driving her vehicle southbound on CR 1100N when Masri’s vehicle pulled into her path, causing the collision. Damage up to $5,000.
North Webster
Officers from the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accident:
12:42 a.m. Friday, June 8, North SR 13, south of east CR 800N, North Webster. Driver: Robin S. Danner, 56, East Doswell Blvd., Cromwell. Police said Danner was driving on SR 13 when deer entered the roadway. She was unable to avoid striking the deer with her vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers from the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
5:49 a.m. Friday, June 8, East Market Street, north of South Detroit Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Barbara M. Trott, 50, EMS B6 Lane, Leesburg; Lorranda Coffing, 48, East Pierceton Road, Pierceton. Trott told police she was driving her vehicle east on East Market Street and reached the intersection with South Detroit Street. She said she began turning left and was struck by Coffing’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
4:58 p.m. Thursday, June 7, SR 15, south of Gilliam Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Kylee A. Masterson, 17, West Old Road 30, Warsaw; Richard A. Groninger, 46, West CR 100N, Warsaw. Masterson told police she was driving northbound on SR 15 and saw a vehicle stopped ahead of her in the left lane to turn left. She then changed lanes to her right, but did not see the vehicle driven by Groninger, causing her vehicle to strike his vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
12:57 p.m. Thursday, June 7, East Center Street and North Hickory Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Sarah M. Herring, 28, 304 Kincaide Street, Warsaw; Andrea M. Sands, 54, South Country Club Road, Warsaw. Herring told police she was driving her vehicle southbound on Hickory Street when she was waved across the intersection with Center Street. She pulled into the path of Sands’ vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.
1:49 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, SR 15 and East Winona Ave., Warsaw. Drivers: Geraldean Howard, 82, South CR 200W, Silver Lake; Duwayne R. Dorfner, 69, 4849 Glasgow Road, Mound, Minn. Howard told police she was driving her vehicle westbound on Winona Avenue when her vehicle was struck by Dorfner’s vehicle. A passenger in Howard’s car said they had a yellow light, preparing to turn red and Dorfner told police he had a green light. There were no injuries reported. Damage up to $10,000.