UPDATE: Passenger Airlifted From Rollover Incident
Text and photos by Ray Balogh
InkFreeNews
SYRACUSE — At approximately 9:15 a.m. Monday, April 26, the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a rollover accident on NE Wawasee Drive between CR 1350N and CR 1400N, four miles east of Syracuse.
A 2007 black Nissan Altima was southbound on NE Wawasee Drive when it lost control and rolled over in a plowed field on the east side of the road.
A northbound witness told investigating officers the Altima was traveling at a high rate of speed before losing control and leaving the roadway.
A Turkey Creek Fire Department engine and ambulance and Syracuse Police Department officer also responded to the scene.
The passenger, Mendella J. Dolph, 41, of Goshen, was airlifted to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne for treatment of abdominal injuries. The driver, Joe T. Lynn, 21, of Goshen, was driven to Lutheran by ground transport for treatment of facial injuries.