Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
9:18 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, West CR 1350N, east of North CR 200W, Milford. Driver: Todd A. Wilson, 36, North SR 19 20, Etna Green. Wilson was traveling west on CR 1350N when his vehicle veered left, leaving the roadway and striking a large tree. Wilson was entrapped inside his vehicle and was extricated by emergency personnel. Wilson sustained injuries on his legs and feet and was transported by ambulance to a nearby landing zone. Wilson was then transported by medical helicopter to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Damage up to $50,000.
7:29 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, South County Farm Road, south of East CR 600S, Claypool. Driver: Sheldon L. Cooper, 40, South Maple Run, Warsaw. Cooper was traveling northbound when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
4:48 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 302 W. Market St., Warsaw. Driver: Clifford Prater, 74, North Colfax Street, Warsaw. Prater was backing out of a parking spot when he struck a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.
3:33 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, SR 15, near West CR 300N, Warsaw. Drivers: Teresa M. Brown, 53, South Detroit Street Apartment 184, Warsaw; and Rene Velazquez, 46, North Old Road 15, Warsaw. Brown was traveling north on SR 15 when traffic in front of her slowed for a red light. As she attempted to stop, her vehicle rear-ended Velazquez’s vehicle. Velazquez and and a passenger in her vehicle, Irene Meyo, 36, Warsaw, complained of neck and back pain. Both refused medical treatment. Damage up to $10,000.