Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
11:36 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, at West CR 1350N, west of North CR 850W, Nappanee. Driver: Jennifer E. Mason, 37, CR 3, Wakarusa. Hit a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
12:17 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, at East CR 1100N, east of North Syracuse Webster Road, Syracuse. Driver: Andrew J. Nicolai, 21, East Hatchery Road, Syracuse. Nicolai drove off the road and overturned his vehicle. Damage up to $5,000. Nicolai was given a portable breath test and the results will be subpoenaed for alcohol levels. Nicolai complained of neck and abominable pain and was flown by helicopter to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.
6:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at South Main Street, north of West Church Street, Leesburg. Drivers: Desmond J. Hudson, 20, Jean Street, Winona Lake, and Josh W. George, 30, West CR 900W, Nappanee. Hudson fell asleep at the wheel and stuck the rear of George’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
2:35 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at East Iris Drive, south of North Hillside Drive, Syracuse. Drivers: Donald P. Dill, 41, East Main Street, Warsaw, and Shirley A. Coblentz, 49, East CR 1400N, Syracuse. Dill was backing his vehicle out of a driveway and struck the passenger side of Coblentz’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Department investigated the following accident:
10:57 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, at 618 S. Main St., North Webster. Drivers: Shirley A. Fidler, 82, North Webster, and Gary W. Pinkerton, North SR 3, Montpelier. Fidler was backing out of a parking spot and backed into Pinkerton’s vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accidents:
7:23 p.m. Monday, June 27, at 602 S. Kinder Dr., Syracuse. Driver: Unknown. A gray, Dodge Stratus driven by an unknown male was witnessed to have driven off the roadway and onto a property and causing damage to the front porch of the property. Damage up to $25,000.
8 a.m. Monday, June 27, at West Pickwick Drive, east of South Manor Drive, Syracuse. Driver: Brittany J. Bushong, 26, North Hillside Drive, Syracuse. Bushong was backing her vehicle from a driveway and struck a parked vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.