Silver Lake Man Dies In Fulton County Crash
AKRON — A Silver Lake man died after a two-vehicle accident in Fulton County early Monday evening, Sept. 16.
At about 5:14 p.m. Monday, officers from the Indiana State Police, the Akron Town Marshal’s Office and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle crash on SR 19 at Division Road in Fulton County.
The preliminary crash investigation by Trooper Matthew Moon indicated that Joseph Frances Cosgrove, 65, Silver Lake, was driving a 2006 Chrysler mini-van traveling west on Division Road, approaching SR 19. Cosgrove allegedly failed to stop for a stop sign at SR 19 and pulled into the path of a northbound 2002 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Matthew B. Haussmann, 39, Rochester. Hussmann’s vehicle struck the mini-van in the driver’s door.
Cosgrove was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash. Haussmann was flown from the crash scene, via medical helicopter, to a Fort Wayne Hospital for head trauma and a leg injury.
This crash is still under investigation, but at this time, neither the use of alcohol nor narcotics is suspected as having contributed to the crash.