Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
5:43 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, South SR 25, west of South CR 600W, Mentone. Driver: Winter K. Colwell, 24, Lake Pointe Circle, Elkhart. Colwell told police she was driving her vehicle northbound on SR 25 when she lost control of her vehicle and left the roadway, striking a utility pole. Colwell was transported to KCH for a blood draw. Damage up to $10,000.
5:19 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, West CR 200S, south of South CR 950W, Etna Green. Drivers: Kyle T. Michaelson, 27, East Pine Drive, Warsaw; Matthew S. Sands, 30, 19th Road, Bourbon. Michaelson told police he was driving his vehicle southbound on CR 950W when his brakes failed while approaching an intersection, causing his vehicle to collide with Sands’ vehicle. Damage up to $25,000.
7:03 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 22, North SR 19, west of West CR 300N, Etna Green. Driver: Brian L. Left, 34, East 6th Street, Rochester. Police said Lett was driving a vehicle registered to someone else westbound on CR 300N and left the roadway for an unknown reason, striking a utility pole. Police reported that Lett left the scene. Damage up to $25,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
3:11 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, SR 15, near East Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Kenneth R. Fifer, 76, West CR 700N, Leesburg; and Jill M. Webber, 42, East CR 450S, Warsaw. Fifer was traveling northbound, driving a Warsaw Community Schools bus. As he began to pass Webber’s vehicle to turn right, he struck Webber’s vehicle. All 48 occupants on the bus were uninjured. Damage up to $10,000.