UPDATE: Three Injured In Accident Near Tippecanoe Valley Schools
MENTONE — Three individuals were transported for injuries after a two-vehicle accident on South SR 19, near West CR 800S, Mentone.
At approximately 2:02 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a vehicle accident near Tippecanoe Valley Middle School.
The crash involved a 2005 maroon Chevrolet Impala, operated by Sidney R. Ousley, 17, Rochester; and a 2012 gray Ford Edge, operated by Hazel Schultz, 48, Claypool.
Schultz told officers she was traveling south on SR 19 when Ousley’s vehicle turned in front of her at the SR 19 and West CR 800S intersection. Schultz complained of neck, chest and left arm pain. A passenger in Schultz’s vehicle, Daniel Schultz, 27, Rochester, complained of knee pain. Both were transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital by Mentone EMS.
Ousley was unable to tell officers what happened at the scene and was transported to Parkview Regional in Fort Wayne via Samaritan for a right leg injury.
Damages are estimated at up to $25,000.