Area Accident Reports
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accident:
7:02 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, North Huntington Street, north of East Benton Street, Syracuse. Drivers: Peyton O. Pike, 21, Warren Street, Huntington. Rodney D. Nichols, North Huntington Street, Syracuse, parked his vehicle in the parking lot and while he was inside the business, his vehicle rolled out into the road hitting the Pike vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:38 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, North Detroit Street, Warsaw. Driver: James B. Wallen, 23, South Paxton Drive, Warsaw. Wallen’s struck a parked vehicle while parking his vehicle at McDonald’s. The parked vehicle is registered to Shelia R. Walling. Damage up to $1,000.
6:36 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, West Lake Street, west of Meadow Lark Boulevard, Warsaw. Driver: Heather Scutchfield, 37, North Hartzler Street, Warsaw. Injured: William Degaetano, 83, Circle Drive, Warsaw. Degaetano went to Kosciusko Community Hospital for an evaluation and was found to have suffered a broken finger. Scutchfield stated she saw an elderly man walk into the roadway off the curb and stick his hand out, she attempted to avoid collision with the man but the passenger side mirror struck his right hand. Damage under $750.
5:29 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, North Parker Street, Warsaw. Driver: Kelly L. Crist, 34, West CR 700N, Leesburg. Crist backed her vehicle from a parking space, hitting a parked vehicle registered to Rachel Howard, North Crete Drive, Warsaw. Damage up to $1,000.
2:25 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, East Main Street and North Detroit Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Lanny D. Gillman, 67, South CR 1200W, Akron, and Anthony D. Weaver, 40, East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Gillman attempted to stop his vehicle at the traffic light, but it slid on the water covered road, hitting the Weaver vehicle, which was turning left onto Detroit Street. Damage up to $5,000.