Staff Report

PIERCETON – One man was killed and another injured in an accident in Pierceton Sunday morning, May 9.

The accident happened at about 12:40 a.m. Sunday on North First Street, north of Tulip Street.

According to a police report from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, investigators believe the car was headed south on North First Street when it crossed the center line and then struck a tree and two houses on the east side of the road.

When police arrived, they found a tree down and covering the street.

The driver, Zacheriah E. Cain, 26, 1313 St. Mary’s Drive, Warsaw, was outside of a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander and yelling for help for his passenger, who was inside the vehicle and unconscious.

Dontaye Y. Cain, 28, 1313 Saint Mary’s Drive, Warsaw, sustained internal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cain was taken to a Fort Wayne hospital.

The houses at 602 N. First St. and 604 N. First St. both sustained structural damage.