Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
10:04 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 501 S. First St., Pierceton. Driver: Echo M. Green, 36, North Fourth Street, Pierceton. Green was backing up in a private parking lot when her vehicle’s ball hitch struck a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.
3:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, South CR 1000W, north of West CR 600S, Warsaw. Driver: Terry L. Moore, 54, North SR 19, Macy. Moore was traveling north on South CR 1000W when a group of deer entered his lane of travel. Moore said he thought he hit two of the deer. Damage up to $5,000.
10:39 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, South CR 700E, near East CR 350S, Pierceton. Drivers: Florence M. Dausman, 59, West CR 650N 92, Pierceton; and Kenneth A. McIntosh, 60, East Old Road 30, Pierceton. Dausman was traveling north on CR 700E when her vehicle struck McIntosh’s vehicle in the left rear. Damage up to $2,500.
7:21 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, North SR 19, near West CR 1000N, Nappanee. Driver: Timothy L. Miller, 37, North CR 500W, Warsaw. Miller was traveling south on SR 19 when his vehicle drifted off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected, and crashed into a pole on the left side of the road. Miller said he had a friend pick him up from the accident because he was not injured. Damage up to $25,000.
12:02 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2666 S. Country Club Road, Warsaw. Driver: Michael L. Ammerman, 23, East CR 800S, Claypool. Ammerman was backing his vehicle when he struck a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
7:35 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 1155 Executive Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Alex D. Reed, 26, EMS T26 Lane, Leesburg. Reed was traveling south on North CR 150W when his vehicle left the roadway and struck the guide wire on a Nipsco pole. Reed’s vehicle then proceeded south through through the grass. Upon reaching the tree line, Reed’s vehicle then proceeded north to a parking lot and came to a stop. Damage up to $5,000.
3:53 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, South Ranch Road, south of East Ramar Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Lydia A. Vega, 33, East Smith Street, Warsaw; and Melissa R. Buesching, 50, Pheasant Ridge Drive, Warsaw. Vega was backing out of a driveway when she struck the passenger’s side of Buesching’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
3:34 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, East US 30, west of North Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Wesley A. Hunt, 59, West Lovetts Lane, Warsaw; and Debra R. Karschnik, 56, Madison Court, Carpentersville, Ill. Hunt was traveling west on East US 30 when he rear-ended Karschnik’s vehicle. Karschnik complained of neck pain. Damage under $750.
12:34 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, South SR 15, near West CR 200S, Warsaw. Drivers: Garald J. Ard, 54, East CR 500N, Greenfield; and William South, 66, South CR 600W, Claypool. Ard was traveling north on South SR 15 and did not see South’s vehicle traveling south when he turned left. The front driver’s side of Ard’s vehicle collided with the front driver’s side of South’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
10:21 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, East US 30, west of North Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Columbus Wilder, 71, Plaza Drive Apartment 317, Benton Harbor, Mich.; and Donald E. Ridenour, 82, South CR 400E, Warsaw. Wilder was traveling east in the passing lane of Lake City Highway when he rear-ended Ridenour’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
6:47 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, Lake City Highway, near North Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Faith A. Kirkendall, 60, North Fox Farm Road, Warsaw; and Gregory A. Baker, 54, Teaberry Lane, Wellington, Ky. Kirkendall was traveling east on Lake City Highway when she attempted to merge into a left hand lane. As she merged, another vehicle came up behind her, facing Kirkendall to quickly merge back into the right hand lane, where her vehicle collided into Baker’s vehicle. Kirkendall complained of head, right hip, neck, and rib pain. Damage up to $5,000.