Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 4:27 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, North SR 13 south of North Syracuse Webster Road, North Manchester. Driver: Aaron D. Bontreger, 30, North CR 450E, Warsaw. Bontreger was traveling northbound on SR 13 when his vehicle hit a deer. Damage up to $10,000.
- 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, South Old SR 15 and Yvonna Street, Leesburg. Drivers: Christopher N. Cramer, 29, South Manor Drive, Syracuse, and Dustin S. Jansma, 30, North CR 175E, Warsaw. Cramer was traveling southbound on Old SR 15, Leesburg. He started to make a left hand turn onto Yvonna Street and pulled into the path of Cramer, who was traveling northbound on Old SR 15. Their vehicles collided. Cramer was taken to the hospital after complaining of abdominal pain, and Jansma was taken to the hospital after complaining of leg pain. Damage up to $25,000.
Fulton County
Officers with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 5:55 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, CR 1000S, Kewanna. Driver: Jennifer Hamman, no age given, Kewanna. Hit deer.
- 4:39 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, US 31 and CR 50E, Driver: Corey Hoffman, no age given, Macy. Hit deer.
- 3:34 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, SR 110 and CR 475E, Rochester. Driver: Susan Botset, no age given, Rochester. Hit deer.
- 5:48 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, US 31 and SR 110, Rochester. Drivers: Devon Dunnuck, no age given, Claypool; and Stacey M. OBrien, no age given, Plymouth. Dunnuck’s Cadillac collided with OBrien’s Ford Escape. Report indicated there were three patients.
- 7:33 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, SR 14, Akron. Driver: Joshua Gaines, no age given, Rochester. Hit deer.