Area Accident Reports
Pierceton
Officers from the Pierceton Police Department investigated the following accident:
1:13 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, West Sqawbuck Road, north of West Lincolnway, Columbia City. Driver: David Cowdrey, 77, North CR 550E, Columbia City. Cowdrey told police he was driving on what he thought was a public road and when he realized he was on private ground, the Whitley County Fairgrounds, he stopped his vehicle and put it in reverse to turn around. He said he backed his vehicle into the corner post of a fair building. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers from the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
2:04 p.m. South Cleveland Street, south of East Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Mary C. Chrisenberry, 70, Ironwood Road, Warsaw; Jacob E. Hawn, 17, Westwood Road, Winona Lake. Chrisenberry told police she was turning her vehicle left off Center Street and into the Owen’s parking lot and that her vehicle struck the vehicle driven by Hawn, which was stopped and waiting at the light. Damage up to $5,000.