A Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory truck and Warsaw Police Department vehicle sit at the scene of a bicycle and vehicle collision on Friday, Oct. 8. Darren A. Diaz, 39, Warsaw, was taken to Parkview Regional hospital in Fort Wayne following the wreck. InkFreeNews photo by Leah Sander.

Staff Report

WARSAW — A man was taken to the hospital after the bicycle he was riding and a vehicle collided on Friday, Oct. 8.

Darren A. Diaz, 39, Warsaw, was taken to Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne following the accident on Indiana Street near Center Street in Warsaw.

The accident happened at 5:17 p.m.

According to a Warsaw Police Department accident report, Diaz said he was riding his bicycle down an alley eastbound toward Indiana Street. He said he didn’t stop when he approached Indiana Street.

Diaz rode out into the roadway and looked left at a 2013 Nissan Frontier driven by Brandice M. Wampler, 46, Warsaw.

She was traveling southbound on Indiana Street from Center Street. She said she didn’t have time to stop before the wreck.

The vehicle and bicycle collided. Wampler said Diaz stood up from the ground right after the accident, then fell to the ground just before officers arrived.

He complained of pain in his hip/upper leg.