Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following accidents:
5:29 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, North CR 800W near West CR 640N, Atwood. Driver: Andrew J. Yoder, 25, West CR 400 N, Warsaw. Yoder was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $10,000.
12:20 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, West Old Road 30 near North CR 520W, Warsaw. Driver: Christopher J. Bradfield, 29, East Jackson Street, Mentone. Bradfield was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
12:14 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, West SR 14 near South CR 100W, Silver Lake. Driver: Tabitha J. Kyburz, 37, Monroe Street, Fort Wayne. Kyburz was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
9:12 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, South Country Club Road near East CR 450S, Warsaw. Driver: Anthony J. McNeal, 32, Country Club Road, Warsaw. McNeal was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $2,500.
8:16 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, West SR 25 near South CR 950W, Mentone. Driver: Larry W. Messer, 63, C Street, La Porte. Messer was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages put to $2,500.
7:29 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, South SR 15 near West CR 550S, Claypool. Driver: Jeffery Prater, 54, North Wray Street, Atwood. Prater was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
6:04 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, South SR 15 near West CR 950S, Silver Lake. Driver: Mark E. Speicher, 58, Scott Drive, Middlebury. Speicher was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
3:54 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, West CR 1050N near North 600W, Milford. Driver: Larry J. Borntrager, 17, North CR 425W, Milford. Borntrager was driving his vehicle when his vehicle veered toward the right side of the road. He overcorrected and caused his vehicle to roll over into a ditch on the left side of the road. Borntrager suffered minor cuts to his hand. Damages up to $10,000.
8:12 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, North CR 800W near West CR 850N, Etna Green. Driver: Imer S. Boch Paniagua, 30 Woodview Blvd, Fort Wayne. Paniagua was driving her vehicle when it hit a patch of ice and her vehicle left the roadway. Damages up to $10,000.
8:03 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, North SR 13 near Ems B6 Lane, North Webster. Driver: Scott J. Caughell, 41, North Antler Drive, Warsaw. Caughell was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $2,500.
10:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, West US 30 near North CR 200W, Warsaw. Driver: Travis L. Reiff, 35, North Brinkley Road, Larwill. Reiff was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
9:17 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, West CR 900S near South Beaver Dam Road, Claypool. Driver: Lucille E. Teel, 72, West Bensart Drive, Claypool. Tell was driving her vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $2,500.
7:35 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, East CR 450N near North CR 925E, North Webster. Driver: Deanna L. Strombeck, 47, East Ponderosa Drive, North Webster. Strombeck was driving her vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $10,000.
7:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, North CR 500W near West CR 300N, Warsaw. Driver: Cary K. Kingrey, 40, West Doe Court, Warsaw. Kingrey was driving when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $10,000.
7:50 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, South Main Street near West Section Street, Milford. Drivers: Angela K. Wilson, 47, East Nelson Drive, Milford; and Jason E. Schmidt, 24, North West Street, Milford. Wilson made a left-hand turn, did not see Schmidt’s vehicle. The front passenger side of the bumper collided with the front driver side bumper and wheel well. Damages up to $10,000.
6:00 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, South Scott Road near West Kiwi Road, Mentone. Driver: Brittany L. Hooley, 28, South CR 1000W, Mentone. Hooley was driving her vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
8:03 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, East Van Buren Street near North Canal Street, Leesburg. Driver: Mellisa Robinson, East Van Buren Street, Warsaw. Robinson backed her vehicle out of her driveway and collided with the left/front of a parked car on East Van Buren Street. Damages up to $1,000.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Police Department responded to the following accident:
10:36 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, East Esterbrook Drive, North Webster. Drivers: Alexandrianicole Goldsmith, 30, Rosewood Avenue, Ypsilanti, Mich.; and Bradley K. Potulney, 24, Ems W23 Lane, North Webster. Goldsmith was backing her vehicle out of a parking spot when the rear of her vehicle collided with the front passenger side of Potluney’s vehicle. Damage under $750.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department responded to the following accidents:
1:03 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, Husky Trail near Canterbury Lane, Warsaw. Driver: Carlos H. Garzona, 70, North CR 175E 85, Warsaw. Garzona was driving his vehicle when it hit a guardrail. Damages up to $2,500.
6:54 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, Lake City Highway near Meijer Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Adela M. Cuadra, 41, West Water Street, Sullivan, Wisc. Cuadra was driving her vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
6:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov 3, SR 15 near East Jefferson Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Kaleb J. Smith, 19, North CR 850E, Pierceton; and Jack L. Parkhurst, 72, Glenmoor Street, Elkhart. Smith’s vehicle rear-ended Parkhurt’s vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
4:11 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, South Hand Avenue near West Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Darrell E. Honeycutt, 37, CR 1175S, Akron; and Christian Vasquez-Juarez, 15, South CR 700W, Mentone. Honeycutt’s vehicle collided with the rear of Vazquez-Juarez’s vehicle while stopped at a stop sign. Damages up to $2,500.
10:14 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, North Detroit Street near Jaylynn Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Joshua A. Scheuring, 22, North Westerner Winds Drive, Warsaw; and Gregory L. Parker, 21, South CR 50W, Claypool. Parker was stopped at a light in his vehicle behind Scheuring’s vehicle when Scheuring starting backing up and collided with the front of Parker’s vehicle. Then he left the scene and was later located by police. Damages up to $2,500.
4:24 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, SR 15 near East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Driver: Jose A. Rico, 57, West Baker Street, Warsaw. Rico was driving on SR 15 when his vehicle collided with a chunk of concrete that came loose from a recently milled section the roadway. Damages up to $2,500.
12:03 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, East Center Street near North Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Coralee E. Winegardner, 17, North CR 175 East, Warsaw; and Constance J. Lobsiger, 73, East Inverness Circle, Columbia City. Winegardner’s vehicle collided with the rear of Lobsiger’s vehicle while driving west on Center Street. Damages up to$2,500.
10:06 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 1777 West Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Aric W. Dewees, 46, South CR 875E, Akron; and David W. Fager, 59, Byrd Avenue, Elkhart. Dewees was driving his vehicle east into the Zimmer Parking lot from Zimmer Road when he approached the curve where Fager was exiting. Both vehicles collided when the front of Dewee’s vehicle collided with the rear of Fagers. Damages up to $10,000.
3:04 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, South Union Street near West Prairie Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Justin J. Park, 16, East Barberry Drive, Warsaw; and Cammi L. Higginbotham, 40, Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw. Park was making a turn on to Union Street when he entered the path of Higginbotham’s vehicle, causing a collision. Damages up to $10,000.
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department responded to the following accident:
11:39 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, Wooster Road near McClain Drive, Winona Lake. Drivers: Clyde B. Bottorff, 42, Wooster Road 67, Winona Lake; Scott D. Cranick, 37, Wooster Road 29, Winona Lake. Bottorff’s vehicle rear-ended Cranick’s vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.