Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
9:32 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, North Old Road 15 south of North CR 575E, Leesburg. Driver: Adam D. Kitchens, 27, West 12th Street, Winona Lake. Kitchens’s vehicle went off the road and he overcorrected, causing it to cross the road, overturning into a cornfield. Officers issued field sobriety tests. Preliminary tests also revealed a blood alcohol content of .16 percent at the scene. damage up to $10,000.
10:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, East CR 1300N and North CR 300E, Milford. Drivers: William G. Easley, 55, West CR 900N, Huntington, and Stephanie L. Yoder, 33, North Ogden Point Road, Syracuse. Easly’s vehicle pulled into the path of Yoder’s oncoming vehicle. Yoder swerved her vehicle and it went into a pond and became submerged. Several items of personal property inside the vehicle were damaged and a Mediacom junction box was destroyed. Damage up to $50,000.
5:23 p.m. Thursday, July 14, East SR 14 and South CR 700E, North Manchester. Drivers: Susaine P. Miller, 44, West Elm Street, Pierceton, and Rebecca J. Steele, 56, South CR 700E, North Manchester. Miller’s vehicle rear-ended Steele’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accident:
3:38 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, North SR 13 south of East CR 1120N, Syracuse. Drivers: Erica C. Harding, 27, East CR 650N, North Webster, and Gladys D. Graff, 73, East Putter Place, Syracuse. Harding became distracted and her vehicle rear-ended Graff’s. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
5:13 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, East Center Street west of North Lindberg Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Travis E. Christman, 29, West Leigh Drive, Warsaw, Robert David E. Hume, 40, South CR 780W, Mentone, and Kelly J. Blair, 40, North Lincoln Park, Warsaw. Christman’s vehicle rear-ended Hume’s vehicle, pushing it forward into Blair’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
1:32 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, west CR 300N east of North CR 150W, Warsaw. Driver: Sohaj Singn, 23, Clubland Drive, Marietta, Ga. Singn’s vehicle collided with a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
1:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, East Fort Wayne Street west of North Maple Avenue, Warsaw. An unknown vehicle hit a parked car belonging to Julie A. Crouch, East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Damage up to $10,000.