Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
4:09 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, SR 15, south of West CR 600N, Leesburg. Driver: Rachel M. Laughlin, 26, South Etna Street, Etna Green. Laughlin attempted to slow her vehicle in traffic due to other accidents when her vehicle slid off the roadway, rolled over at least once before coming to rest on its roof. Damage up to $10,000
3:40 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, SR 15 and CR 600N, Leesburg. Driver: Celerino J. Juarez, 43, Cambridge Drive, Warsaw. Juarez lost control of his vehicle on the icy road, going into the ditch, hitting an embankment. Damage up to $2,500.
3:29 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, North SR 15, south of West CR 600N, Leesburg. Driver: Jorge N. Ninez-Giron, 56, West CR 250S, Warsaw. Ninez-Giron lost control of his vehicle on the icy road, went off the roadway hitting the ditch and rolling over at least one time. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
4:18 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 3, Lake City Highway and East Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Christopher Thompson, 30, West CR 100N, Warsaw, and Danny R. Borem, 58, South SR 25, Mentone. Thompson’s vehicle sideswiped the Borem vehicle while both vehicles were turning onto East Center Street. Damage up to $2,500.
3:46 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, East Winona Avenue, west of South Park Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Zachery J. Handshoe, 25, Oak Pointe Crossing, Warsaw, and Neelam Arora, 39, Orchard Drive, Warsaw. Handshoe’s vehicle struck the back of the Arora vehicle. Arora complained of pain to the neck but refused medical treatment. Handshoe was cited for operating a vehicle without financial responsibility. Damage up to $2,500.
3:26 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, East Winona Avenue and South Indiana Street, Warsaw. Driver: Tommilyn Erswell, 26, South Verna Street, Claypool and Terri K. Mitchell, 51, North 700W, Nappanee. Erswell turned her vehicle in front of the Mitchell vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
12:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Driver: Edwin L. Biesemeyer, 91, North Columbia Street, Silver Lake. A witness reported Biesemeyer drove his vehicle into a parking space, accelerated forward colliding with a parked vehicle registered to Michael J. Lutes, West Lutes Drive, Warsaw. Biesemeyer’s vehicle bounced off Lutes’ vehicle and struck a second parked vehicle, registered to Johnny E. Frame, West CR 100S, Warsaw. Biesemeyer then backed his vehicle from the parking space and left the area. The witness saw the vehicle a short time later and notified police. Damage up to $2,500.