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Unsafe speed was the contributing circumstance in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday on East Wooster Road, west of South CR 500E, Pierceton. The 17-year-old driver, who has never had a valid driver’s license, was taken to a Fort Wayne hospital with an internal shoulder/upper arm injury.

The accident occurred at 11:49 a.m.

Craig S. Cassel, 17, East Wooster Road, Pierceton, was westbound on Wooster Road in a 1998 Ford. Police say he was traveling at an unsafe speed, causing him to loose control of the vehicle in a curve. Cassel over corrected the vehicle, causing it to go into a ditch on the north side of the road. The vehicle rolled twice before coming to rest upright in a corn field.

Damage to the vehicle and corn, owned by Charles C. Murphy, was estimated up to $10,000.

The accident was investigated by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department. Multi-Township EMS and Pierceton Fire Department also responded.