Area Accident Reports
Claypool
Officers with the Claypool Police Department investigated the following accident:
10:13 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, South SR 15, north of West CR 1300S, Silver Lake. Driver: Kelly S. Click, 40, Albert Street, Denver. Click was traveling north on SR 15 when her vehicle lost traction, causing her vehicle to slide off the roadway and strike a tree stump. Damage up to $2,500.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accident:
12:01 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, North CR 675E, north of East CR 500N, North Webster. Driver: Jeremy S. Perkins, 28, Columbia Avenue, Fort Wayne. Perkins’ vehicle was found off the roadway, with Perkins leaving the scene of the accident. Perkins told officers that he turned on CR 675E when he lost control of his vehicle, causing his vehicle to strike a utility pole. Perkins went to the hospital after sustaining a head abrasion in the crash. Damage up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
7:35 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, North CR 100E, north of East Pound Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Alice M. Smith, 40, North Grouse Court, Warsaw. Smith was traveling south on North CR 100E when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
6:32 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, South Buffalo Street, east of East Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Heather M. Short, 36, South Cost A Plenty Road, Warsaw; and Rachael L. Hoffert, 38, Nuthatch Drive, Warsaw. Short observed a semi moving slowly into her lane of travel, causing her to shift over into a turn lane without properly signaling. Short’s vehicle collided with Hoffert’s. Damage up to $2,500.
3:38 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 1030 S. Union St., Warsaw. Drivers: Kelly J. Bugg, 54, Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw; and Melissa C. Barrette, 40, South Walnut Drive, Warsaw. Bugg was backing from a parking spot when she struck Barrette’s vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.