Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
5:38 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, East Bowser Road and North CR 375E, Syracuse. Driver: Courtney R. Hiatt, 22, EMS T15B Lane, Leesburg. Hiatt struck a utility pole. Damage up to $10,000.
10:42 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, North SR 15 and West CR 900N, Warsaw. Drivers: Manuel Diaz, 41, South Bunting Lane, Warsaw, and Dakota S. Turner, 18, Pheasant Ridge Drive, Warsaw. Diaz rear-ended Turner. Damage up to $5,000.
8:35 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, South CR 800W and West CR 100S, Warsaw. Driver: Jon M. Heckman, 35, South CR 400W, Warsaw. Heckman stated he was run off the roadway by a plow truck. Damage up to $10,000.
7:05 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, South SR 25, Warsaw. Driver: David A. Cowan, 33, West Martin Drive, Mentone. Cowan lost control of his vehicle and ran off the east side of the roadway. Damage up to $5,000.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accident:
11:28 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, North Main Street and West Portland St., Syracuse. Driver: Jeffery J. Amick, 49, East Williams Street, Milford. Amick struck a lamp post. Damage up to $1,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents;
7:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, East Fort Wayne Street and North Mckinley Street, Warsaw. Driver Jacob D. Johnson, 25, West CR 550S, Claypool. Johnson backed into a utility pole. Damage up to $5,000.
8:56 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, West Winona Avenue and South Union Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Dustin R. Hamilton, 31, South CR 775E, Pierceton, and Susan L. Hart, 62, Mentone. Hamilton attempted to stop at the intersection but was unable to due road conditions, causing him to collide with Hart. Damage up to $5,000.
9:24 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, East Prairie Street and South Buffalo Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Jennifer J. Miller, 46, South Meadow Drive, Warsaw, and Earle A. Meck, 67, West CR 550N, Pierceton. As Miller attempted to turn east onto Prairie Street, she slid into Meck, who was stopped at a light. Damage up to $5,000.
9:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, CR 150W and US 30, Warsaw. Driver: Roberto Sanchez, 41, Dot Street, Warsaw. Sanchez slid off the west side of the road and into a cement post. Damage up to $5,000.
1:44 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, North Detroit Street and West CR 300N, Warsaw. Drivers: Joseph E. Trump, 24, Levi Lee Road, Warsaw, and Melissa A. Setser, 45, Wooster Road, Winona Lake, and Latasha M. Hobbs, 33, North CR 500E, Syracuse. Trump’s tires locked up and he slid into Setser. The force from the collision caused Setser to rear-end Hobbs. Damage up to $25,000.
2:15 pm. Sunday, Dec. 11, East Center Street and South Mckinley Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Tanya Kempton, 56, South Sunrise Circle, Warsaw, and David A. Engleberth, 57, Springhill Road, Warsaw. As Kempton entered the intersection, she failed to see Engleberth and the two collided. Damage up to $10,000.
2:37 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, Meijer Drive and Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Drivers: Jarred L. Watson, 19, North CR 1100W, Bourbon, and Joseph D. Springsteen, 32, West Washington Street, Brook. Watson rear-ended Springsteen. Damage up to $5,000.
2:57 pm. Sunday, Dec. 11, 1535 Provident Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Eric S. Chizum, 46, Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw. As Chizum was plowing snow in the Bowen Center parking lot, he failed to notice how close a parked car was behind him. Chizum collied with the vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
3:37 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, West Center Street and Leiter Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Madison R. Howard, 16, Dot Street, Warsaw. Howard slid off the road and hit a stop sign. Damage up to $2,500.
3:57 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, Meijer Drive and Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Drivers: Shelby E. Morse, 19, Blue River Drive, Columbia City, and Elliot P. Boldt, 26, Windsor Way, Warsaw. Morse slid into into Boldt. Damage up to $2,500.
5:56 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, Lake City Highway and North CR 150W, Warsaw. Drivers: Maricela G. Melendez, 39, North CR 400W, Warsaw, and Gil Sukhwinder, 42, Guernsey Lane, Winnipeg, Canada. Melendez’s vehicle began to fishtail and spun into the path of Sukhwinder. Damage up to $25,000.
5:57 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, South Detroit Street and East Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Driver: Robert C. Ruggier, 64, Meadow Lane. Ruggier began to lose traction and veered into the right of the roadway to avoid colliding with a vehicle in front of him. He left the roadway and slid into the double glass doors of Indiana Lake City Credit Union. Damage up to $1,000.
7:23 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, Lake City Highway and North Detroit Street, Warsaw. Driver: Madelyn Oslizlo-Jarvis, 18, Saginaw Drive, Valparaiso. Oslizlo-Jarvis slid off the roadway and hit a state highway sign. Damage up to $5,000.
4:49 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, 811 S. Buffalo Street, Warsaw. Driver: Roland J. McFadden, 56, South Beaver Dam Road, Claypool. McFadden backed into a utility pole. Damage up to $10,000.
5:37 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, North CR 100E, Warsaw. Drivers: Michael Compton, 44, Glad Street, Warsaw, and Melissa Collins, 40, Vicky Lane, Warsaw. Compton was north bound when he hit slush on the roadway, pulling his vehicle left of the center line, causing him to collided with Collins who was southbound. Damage up to $10,000.
7:12 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, North CR 100E, Warsaw. Driver: Nathalie Becerra, 22, East CR 200N, Warsaw. Becerra ran off the road and hit a tree. Damage up to $25,000.