Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, East CR 1200N and North Acorn Drive, Syracuse. Driver: Carrie A. Flaugh, 28, East Duffy Drive, Syracuse. Flaugh told police she was driving her vehicle eastbound on CR 1200N when a deer entered the roadway. She was unable to avoid hitting the deer. Damage up to $5,000.
3:20 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, East Pierceton Road, east of South CR 400E, Warsaw. Driver: Justin C. Peters, 25, North Main Street, South Whitley. Peters told police he was westbound on Packerton Road when a deer entered the roadway. He was unable to avoid hitting the deer. Damage up to $5,000.
10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, East Backwater Road, south of EMS W20 Lane, North Webster. Drivers: Triston M. Reiff, 30, North CR 650E, Warsaw; Dawn M. Grimes, 47, South CR 915W, Cromwell. Police reported that Reiff was driving his vehicle southbound on Backwater Road and crossed over the center line, causing a collision with Grimes’ vehicle, which left the roadway and struck a utility pole. Damage up to $25,000.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accident:
11:43 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24, West Railroad Avenue, south of North Main Street, Syracuse. Drivers: James Carl Pitstick, 81, Northwest Hahn Road, Banks, Ore.; Bradley A. Stouder, 21, North CR 175E, Leesburg. Pitstick told police he was driving his vehicle southbound on North Main Street and attempted a U-turn into the path of Stouder. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
12:07 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, North Detroit Street, south of US 30W, Warsaw. Drivers: Annette M. Stensel, 66, Rosemont Avenue, Warsaw; George Rodriguez, 61, Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Stensel told police she was driving her vehicle northbound on North Detroit Street and while approaching the intersection with US 30, struck the rear of Rodriguez’s vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
6:54 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, South CR 250E, south of Lake City Highway. Drivers: Jacqueline R. Egolf, 19, North CR 525W, Warsaw; Katie M. Van Hofwegen, 28, Wooster Road, Winona Lake; Nathan A. De La Cruz, 41, East CR 550S, Warsaw. Egolf told police she was driving her vehicle northbound on South CR 250E and was distracted because she was looking for her boyfriend in the area. She said by the time she noticed traffic stopped in front of her, she could not stop in time to avoid a collision with Van Hofwegen’s vehicle, which in turn lurched forward into De La Cruz’s vehicle. Damage up to $25,000.
12:38 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, North SR 15 and Anchorage Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Robert W. Forrester, 49, Maple Lane, Fort Wayne; Olivia G. Cook, 23, South Market Street, North Manchester; Harry Caudill, 74, North CR 400E, Leesburg. Forrester told police he was driving his vehicle southbound on SR 15 and looked at his GPS momentarily. He said when he looked up, traffic was stopped in front of him and he could not stop his vehicle in time before colliding with the rear of Cook’s vehicle, which in turn lurched forward into Caudill’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.