Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
3:39 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, North CR 100E, north of East CR 200N, Warsaw.Driver: Jahlyn G. Smith, 22, East CR 450N, Warsaw. Smith lost control of her vehicle on the snow covered roadway, went off the road and hit an REMC pole. Damage up to $25,000.
3:38 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, East CR 350N, west of North CR 100E, Warsaw. Driver: Trayklyn M. Castro, 19, North Harrison Street, Warsaw. Castro’s vehicle slid on the slush, pulling him off into a ditch, hitting a telephone pole and phone box. Damage up to $10,000.
1:58 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, West CR 1300S, west of South CR 425W, Silver Lake. Driver: Jamie T. Phillips, 28, South CR 1000W, Mentone. Phillips lost control of his vehicle on the snow covered roadway, sliding off the left side, down a deep embankment, crashing into a large fallen tree. Damage up to $5,000.
1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, South SR 15, north of CR 700S, Claypool Driver: William C. Proffitt, 44, West Wayne Street, Laketon. A tire of Proffitt’s vehicle lost air as he was rounding a curve, causing the vehicle to go off the roadway hitting an embankment. Damage up to $2,500.
Milford
Officers with the Milford Police Department investigated the following accident:
2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, North SR 15 and West Waubee Lake Road, Milford. Drivers: Dewayne F. Powell, 62, East CR 575N, Leesburg, and Naomi L. Silliman, 43, Drew Lane, New Paris. Powell attempted to pass the slow moving Silliman vehicle. While Powell’s vehicle was passing the Silliman vehicle, she began to turn left onto Waubee Lake Road, causing the vehicles to collide. Damage up to $2,500.
Silver Lake
Officers with the Silver Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:
8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, South SR 15, north of West CR 1300S, Silver Lake. Driver: Camron D. Moore, 20, East CR 400N, Warsaw. Hit deer. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
4:16 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, East Center Street and Argonne Road, Warsaw Drivers: Juan D. Jesus Quirindongo, 50, Martz Court, Columbia City, and Gary L. Henschen, 62, S. Hunters Ridge, Warsaw. Quirindongo’s vehicle struck the back of the Henschen vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.
3:24 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, West Market Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Michael J. Croy, 57, Robson Road, Winona Lake, and Antonio B. Silvestre, 45, West Old Road 30, Warsaw. While backing from a parking spot Croy backed into the Slvestre vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, Lake City Highway and East Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Susan J. Hunsley, 49, East Carroll Avenue, Michigan City and Terry L. Worley, 50, East Sycamore Street, Silver Lake. Hunsley’s vehicle clipped the Worley vehicle while Worley was changing lanes in his vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
11:16 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, Lake City Highway, west of Anchorage Road, Warsaw. Driver: Paul A. Sibbing, 49, Haven Hill, Orland Hills, Ill., and Lauren G. Rich, 32, Parkview Drive, Plymouth. Sibbing was changing lanes due to sliding vehicles in front of him, hitting the back of the Rich vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.