Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
The following accidents were investigated by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office:
5:09 p.m. Sunday, March 17, on SR 15 south of West CR 9560S. Driver: Jeremy L. Ambergey, 28, Hill Street, Wabash. Driver hit a deer. Damage: Up to $2,500.
7:06 a.m. Sunday, March 17, on North CR 200E, south of East CR 900N, near Warsaw. Driver: Michael L. Vint, 40, US 6, Syracuse. Driver struck deer. Damage: Up to $5,000.
1:01 a.m. Sunday, March 17, on East Pierceton Road east of South CR 400E, near Warsaw. Driver: Logan R. Sapp, 23, South Jackson Street, South Whitley. Sapp told police he was traveling about 125 mph when he tried to round a curve in the road, left the road and rolled the vehicle several times. The report indicated there was an injury, but no details were listed.
6:43 a.m. Saturday, March 16, South CR 900E, north of East CR 250S, near Pierceton. Driver: Jack Huber, 43, 5 EMS R3E Lane, Pierceton. Driver struck a deer. Damage: Up to $1,000.
7:13 p.m. Saturday, March 16, on SR 13 north of North Grandview Drive, near Syracuse. Drivers: Jake W. Patton, 29, West Boston Street, Syracuse; Laura J. Studebaker, 48, North Marine Key Drive, Syracuse. Patton’s vehicle rear-ended Studebaker’s. Damage: Up to $10,000.
2:38 p.m. Saturday, March 16, on South Zimmer Road, north of Golf Heights Road, near Warsaw. Drivers: Blake L. Lamb, 21, West CR 550N, Warsaw; Katrielle D. Wood, 18, Apple Court, Winona Lake. Lamb said he sneezed and looked up and struck Wood’s vehicle as she was attempting to turn. Both vehicles left the road. Lamb’s vehicle struck a tree. Lamb had a bloody nose. Wood complained of pain to the head. Both refused treatment. Damage: Up to $25,000.
6:28 a.m. Saturday, March 16, East Pierceton Road, west of South CR 350E. Driver: Ruth L. Banghart, 39, East Muirfield Road, Winona Lake. Driver hit a deer. Damage: Up to $5,000.
Winona Lake
The following accident was investigated by the Winona Lake Police Department:
12:55 a.m. Saturday, March 16, County Farm Road, east of CR 800S, near Claypool. Driver: Mark D. McQuade, West CR 800S, Claypool. Driver struck a deer. Damage: Up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
9:49 a.m. Monday, March 18, at the intersection of East Market Street and South Detroit Street, Warsaw: Drivers: William R. Likens, 59, Country Club Drive, Warsaw; Luyen T. Westerhof, 67, North Lake Street, Warsaw. Westerhof was traveling south on Detroit Street and planned to turn east, realized Market Street to the east was closed, tried to merge to go straight and struck Likens’ vehicle. Damage: Up to $2,500.
7:47 a.m. Monday, March 18, at West Winona Avenue and Columbia Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Miriam V. Cabrera Velez, 47, Nuthatch Driver, Warsaw; Brandy D. Flory-Damron, 44, West Side Drive, Warsaw. Traffic was stopped on Winona Avenue and Cabrera Velez tried to back up and struck the Flory-Damron vehicle. Damage: Up to $2,500.
6:52 a.m. Monday, March 18, on US 30 west of Anchorage Road, Warsaw. Driver: John A. Rowe, 19, Henderson Driver Warsaw. Rowe said his vehicle struck a van in front of him that had stopped quickly. The van was pushed into another vehicle. Drivers of the other vehicles checked for damage and then left. Damage: Up to $10,000.
4:56 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the intersection of US 30 and Commerce Drive. Drivers: Marsha K. Coven, 65, Academy Road, Culver; Christopher S. Carr, 40, Corvus Court, Fort Wayne. Both vehicles were eastbound on US 30 when Coven’s vehicle struck Carr’s vehicle from behind. Damage: Up to $10,000.
1:52 p.m. Sunday, March 17, on North SR 15 and Jalynn Street. Drivers: Brittany L. Blankenship, 20, South SR 15, Claypool; Grayson D. Drudge, 18, Meadow Lane, Warsaw. Blankenship was turning onto SR 15 from Jalynn Street and did not see Drudge’s vehicle. Drudge complained of a headache and was checked by EMS. Damage: Up to $10,000.
12:29 p.m., Sunday, March 17, a parking lot in the 2800 block of Frontage Road. Driver: Jason C. Hale, 25, Wooster Road, Winona Lake. Driver hit the foundation of a light pole. Damage: Up to $2,500.
2:16 p.m., Saturday, March 16, US 30 and Anchorage Road ramp, Warsaw. Drivers: Elizabeth R. Cox, 19, of 11th Street, Winona Lake; Jeremy M. Mellen, 47, San Diego, Calif. Cox was coming off a ramp and merging into the eastbound lane of 30 when her vehicle side-swiped Mellen’s vehicle. Damage: Up to $25,000.
12:51 p.m. Friday, March 15, West US 30 and North CR150W, Warsaw, Drivers: Lynn C. Hartman, 76, Pretty Lake Trail, Plymouth; Jacob W. Bartley, 26, East 300N, Warsaw. Hartman was headed north on 150W west she attempted to turn on to US 30 and struck Bartley. Damage: Up to $10,000.
1:28 p.m. Friday, March 15, the intersection of the North Detroit Street and Gilliam Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Kristi L. Warmoth, 72, East 16th Street, Mishawaka; Joan K. Brown, 58, East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Warmoth was pulling out of a restaurant parking lot and attempting to turn north when her vehicle collided with a northbound vehicle driven by Brown. Damage: Up to $5,000.
1:37 p.m. Friday, March 15, in the 2500 block of Walton Boulevard, on private property. Drivers: Clint O. Bischcoff, 27, North Main Street, Laketon. Bischoff was backing out of a parking space when his vehicle struck a car registered to a Rent A Center store in Sparks Glencoe, Md. Damage: Up to $2,500.
3:33 p.m. Friday, March 15, at the intersection of US 30 and Access Road, Warsaw. Drivers: James M. Milliken, 33, North Orchard Lane, Churubusco. Kumar Mohit, 27, Monticello Hall Drive, Columbus, Ohio. Millikan was crossing US 30 when his vehicle was struck by a westbound vehicle driven by Mohit. Damage: Up to $10,000.
4:02 a.m. Friday, March 15, at the intersection of Hand Road and SR 25 in Warsaw. Drivers William C. Bibler, 20, Trailside Drive, Winona Lake; Deana S. Cripe, 51, Heather Court, Warsaw. Both vehicles were stopped along Hand Avenue. Cripe said she began to pull into the intersection to turn and then stopped and was rear-ended by Bibler’s vehicle. Damage: Up to $5,000.