Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
2:02 p.m. Sunday, June 24, East CR 1300N, east of North Old Road 15, Milford. Driver: Michael D. Morgan, 49, North CR 300E, Syracuse. Morgan was traveling east on CR 1300N when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $10,000.
12:04 p.m. Sunday, June 24, South SR 15, north of West CR 1300S, Silver Lake. Drivers: Elizabeth Ibarra Villarreal, 18, West Old Road 30 654, Warsaw; and Samuel P. Beer, 55, North Price Road, Milford. Ibarra Villarreal was southbound on SR 15 when she was going to turn right, but had her left turn signal on. When Beer’s vehicle went to pass Ibarra Villarreal’s, she turned right, causing Beer to drive his vehicle into a ditch. Damage up to $2,500.
9:22 a.m. Sunday, June 24, EMS T7A Lane, east of EMS T7 Lane, North Webster. Driver: Kylee M. Robinson, 27, Bibler Avenue, Winona Lake. Robinson was backing out of a private drive when she struck a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
11:15 p.m. Friday, June 22, North CR 200W, north of West CR 500N, Warsaw. Driver: Kaitlynn Zorn, 18, South Columbia Street, Warsaw. Zorn was traveling on North CR 200W when a deer entered the roadway. Zorn sustained minor burns from air bag deployment but refused EMS. Damage up to $5,000.
8:34 p.m. Friday, June 22, West CR 800S, east of South CR 500W, Claypool. Driver: Isaiah J. Newell, 21, West CR 1500N, Silver Lake. Newell was traveling east on CR 800S when a dog ran into the roadway. Newell locked up the brakes on his vehicle, causing him to slide off the roadway and into a Kosciusko REMC utility pole. Damage up to $10,000.
6:08 a.m. Friday, June 22, West SR 25, west of South CR 700W, Burket. Driver: Shari L. Hedington, 57, South Viking Drive, Mentone. Hedington was traveling north on SR 25 when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
midnight Friday, June 22, East CR 600S, west of South County Farm Road, Warsaw. Driver: Gregory R. Patrick, 38, West Walnut Street, Claypool. Patrick was traveling west on East CR 600S when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $5,000.
9:50 a.m. Thursday, June 21, East CR 750N, near North CR 200E, Warsaw. Driver: Megan C. Dodson, 32, Cherry Street, Warsaw. Dodson was traveling east on CR 750N when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:07 p.m. Sunday, June 24, West Lake Street, east of Leiter Drive. Driver: Noe Castro, 56, Indian Trail, Warsaw. Castro was traveling west on West Lake Street when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
6:41 p.m. Sunday, June 24, East Main Street, east of North Hickory Street. Drivers: Mary E. Rohr, 59, West Crystal Lake Road, Warsaw; and Christopher L. Wray, 53, North CR 600W, Warsaw. Rohr’s vehicle was stopped on Main Street behind Wray’s vehicle. She looked down for a moment when traffic began to move, and when she looked back up, Wray’s vehicle had stopped. Rohr’s vehicle rear-ended Wray’s. Damage up to $2,500.
11:04 a.m. Saturday, June 23, US 30, near East Center Street. Drivers: unknown; William J. Russell, 45, West Old Lake Road, Columbia City. The unknown driver fled the scene prior to officers’ arrival. Russell was making a left turn onto East Center Street when a white construction utility truck ran a light and struck his vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
10:01 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 751 Anchorage Point Drive. Driver: Jayme L. Nuno, 24, West Market Street, Warsaw. Nuno was pulling into a parking stall when she sideswiped a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.