Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following accidents:
9:20 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, East Stanton Road near EMS T25 Lane, Warsaw. Driver: Brandi L. Berry, 33, North Highland Lane, Leesburg. Berry’s vehicle ran off the roadway and collided with a NIPSCO pole and a street sign. Damages up to $10,000.
7:41 Monday, Dec. 16, North Barbee Road near EMS B52 Lane, North Webster. Driver: Adrian J. White, 18, South James Street, Milford. White’s vehicle left the roadway and collided with a guardrail. Damages up to $5,000.
7:31 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, East Dellview Drive, West CR 300N, Warsaw. Driver: Kennedy L. Lauck, 17, East Armstrong Road, Leesburg. Lauck’s vehicle left the roadway and collided with a brick sign. Damages up to $10,000.
2:31 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, South SR 15 near CR 350S, Warsaw. Driver: Guy F. Miller, 64, West CR 900S, Akron. Miller’s vehicle left the roadway and collided with a utility pole. Damages up to $5,000.
1:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, North CR 100E near East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Joseph E. Trump, 27, East Levi Lee Road 129, Warsaw; and Raul P. Aguirre, 27, Anchorage Road 78, Warsaw. During a police pursuit involving Trump, Trump drove through a stop sign and collided with the right side of the Aguirre’s vehicle. Damages up to $25,000.
10:27 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, South SR 13 near East Ryerson Road, Pierceton. Drivers: Jennifer R. Brown, 24, West CR 800S, Claypool; and Paul J. Nadolski, 29, South SR 13, Pierceton. Brown pulled her vehicle out into the intersection of SR 13 causing a right angle collision with Nadolski’s vehicle. Damages up to $10,000.
10:19 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, North SR 19 near West CR 250E, Etna Green. Driver: Eliana F. Dishon, 17, Park Place, Rochester. Dishonor’s vehicle left the roadway into a ditch. Damages up to $5,000.
2:55 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, South SR 14 near South SR 15, Silver Lake. Driver: Gavin M. Bussard, 22, Poplar Street, Winona Lake. Bussard was backing out of a parking space when he collided with a parked unoccupied vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.
7:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, West CR 400N near CR 150W, Warsaw. Driver: Gary L. Sponseller, 64, West CR 300N, Etna Green. Sponseller was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
9:11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, East Mill Street near North Cherry Street, Pierceton. Driver: Joseph A. Baker, North CR 875E, Etna Green. Baker was backing up his semi when the semi tore down power lines. Damages up to $1,000.
7:16 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, South CR 350E near East Pierceton Road, Warsaw. Driver: Colleen M. Harlan, 41, East CR 500E, Warsaw. Harlan was driving her vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $2,500.
6:19 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, North Old SR 15 near West CR 600N, Warsaw. Driver: Mitchell L. Rader, 61, Yvonna Street, Leesburg. Rader was driving his vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
7:09 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, North Old SR 15 near East CR 1300N, Milford. Drivers: Barbara E. Clemons, 78, South Syracuse Webster Road, Syracuse; and Michael E. George, 53, EMS D22D Lane, Syracuse. George said he was stopping his vehicle to make a left turn onto CR 1300N when Clemons’ vehicle served into his lane of travel causing a head-on collision. Damages up to $5,000.
Claypool
Officers with the Claypool Police Department responded to the following accident:
6:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, North Lindsay Street near West Section Street, Warsaw. Driver: Michelle V. Chavera-Lister, 31, Briar Ridge Circle, Warsaw. Chavera-Lister was driving her vehicle when a deer entered the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department responded to the following accident:
2:59 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, North SR 13 near East CR 1000N, Syracuse. Drivers: Abraham P. Skidd, 38, Killian Road, Spencerville; and Harlan W. Steffen, 85, South Huntington Street, Syracuse. Skidd was driving his vehicle south on SR 13 when Steffen’s vehicle sideswiped Skidd’s vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department responded to the following accidents:
7:27 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, Prairie Street near Logan Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Charlotte M. Grandon, 17, County Club Drive, Warsaw; Elizabeth J. Parker, 40, South County Farm Road, Warsaw; and Emerson K. Jenkins, 17, Harmony Court, Winona Lake. Jenkins was in her vehicle stopped at a stop sign when the front of Parker’s car collided with the rear of her vehicle and the front of Grandon’s vehicle collided with the rear of Parker’s vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
3:55 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, SR 15 near Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Driver: Brayden D. Cochran, 20, Railside Drive, Syracuse. Cochran’s anti-lock brakes engaged on a slick roadway causing his vehicle to hit the concrete center diving wall. Damages up to $25,000.
7:39 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, East Center Street near North McKinley Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Minnie L. Cook, 75, Park Avenue, Winona Lake; and Chelsea M. Headington, 31, West Quad Street, Bourbon. Cook did not see Headington’s vehicle while pulling into an intersection, causing a right angle collision. Damages up to $5,000.
5:06 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, Church Hill Downs Drive near Tippe Downs Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Wilma E. Fought, 75, Church Hill Downs Drive, Warsaw; and Vinay K. Reddy Mandadi, 27, Church Hill Downs Drive, Warsaw. Fought was backing her vehicle out of parking space and collided with Mandadi’s vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.
6:57 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2495 Jalynn Street, Warsaw. Driver: Madison L. Estep, 19, Lynn Lane, Warsaw. Estep was backing her vehicle out of a parking spot when she collided with an unoccupied parked vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
11:19 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, East Fort Wayne Street near North Detroit Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Stanley A. Stutzman, 69, East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw; and Braedan F. McCreary, 17, South Blue Spruce Road, Warsaw. Stutzman was making a left turn when McCreary’s vehicle pulled out in front of his, colliding with the rear left quarter panel of McCreary’s vehicle. Damages up to $1,000.
8:47 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 1007 North Warren Street, Warsaw. Driver: Matthew J. Mason, 35, North Riverwood Ranch Road, Warsaw. Mason was backing his vehicle out of a parking spot and collided with a parked unoccupied vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
3:54 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, Husky Trail near Mariners Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Denise N. Krygowski, Anchorage Road 41, Warsaw. Krygowski was driving her vehicle when her car collided with the curbed median at the Husky Trail and Mariners Drive. Damages up to $1,000.
1:31 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 1900 East Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Driver: Deborah R. Sears, 66, Wooster Road, Winona Lake. Sears was driving her vehicle when the gas pedal got stuck and her vehicle collided with the corner of a building. Damages up to $2,500.