Area Accident Reports
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accidents:
6:05 p.m. Thursday, March 23, South Huntington Street, south of East Baltimore Street, Syracuse. Drivers: Grace M. Trafan, 18, North Hickory Street, North Webster, and Tiffany N. Slocum, 35, EMS D18 Lane, Syracuse. Trafan rear-ends Slocum’s vehicle while Slocum was stopped in traffic due to a train. Damages up to $2,500.
4:48 p.m. Friday, March 24, South Huntington Street, north of East Pickwick Drive, Syracuse. Drivers: Kellen M. McCarty, 33, Slippery Rock Road, Indianapolis, and Cynthia J. Wagner, 19, East CR 500N, North Webster. McCarty rear-ended Wagner’s vehicle. Damages up to $25,000.
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
3:59 a.m. Saturday, March 25, South County Farm Road, south of West Hoppus Road, Claypool. Driver: Michael L. Ammerman, 22, East CR 800S, Claypool. Driver struck a deer. Damages up to $2,500.
7:41 a.m. Saturday, March 25, West SR 25 and Bruner Road, Warsaw. Driver: Matthew R. Boggs, 39, East Fort Wayne Street Warsaw. Boggs advised that a cat ran into the roadway and he could not safely avoid hitting it. Damages up to $2,500.
4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, East Main Street and South Broadway Street, Mentone. Drivers: Mark A. Marshall, 57, South CR 1200W, Mentone, and Brian D. Pyle, 44, West SR 25, Mentone. Marshall rear-ended Pyle’s vehicle. Marshall was transported to Parkview Fort Wayne. Damages up to $5,000.
8:24 p.m. Saturday, March 25, East U.S. 30 and South CR 450E, Pierceton. Driver: Bradley R. Rush, 34, North Manor Drive, St. Joseph, Mich. Driver struck a deer. Damages up to $5,000.
10:43 p.m. Saturday, March 25, Kosciusko Drive and East Old Road 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Vicki E. Griffith, 60, East CR 450N, Leesburg, and Fredric P. Brouwer, 77, Nottingham Place, Winona Lake. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damages up to $10,000.
12:59 p.m. Sunday, March 26, North SR 13, north of EMS B8 Lane, Pierceton. Driver: Chad A. Hurley, 32, North CR 925E, North Webster. Hurley advised that he swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle. He struck a “No Parking” sign and a boat that was parked in a driveway. The collision caused the motor on the rear of the boat to impact the residence, damaging a wall on the home. Damages up to $10,000.
6:41 p.m. Sunday, March 26, South SR 25, south of West CR 250S, Warsaw. Driver: Tori N. Furnivall, 22, East 13th Street, Rochester. Driver advised she was going around a curve and lost control of her vehicle, striking an embankment. Damages up to $10,000.
7:59 p.m. Sunday, March 26, West CR 900S, south of South CR 1000W, Claypool. Drivers: Ronnie L. Daugherty, 62, West Main Street, Mentone, and Carrie A. Montague, 21, North Maple Street, Akron. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damages up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:58 a.m. Saturday, March 25, South Union Street and Prairie Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Amber T. Raczkowski, 24, North Main Street, Milford, and Retesh R. Chintham, 24, Kinney Drive, Warsaw. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damages up to $10,000.
10:59 a.m. Saturday, March 25, Lake City Highway, east of Old Road 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Sandeep N. Ethakota, 28, Newark Avenue, Westerville, Ohio, and Brent A. Simmons, 49, South CR 150E, Columbia City. Ethakota was changing lanes and sideswiped Simmons’ vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
2:13 p.m. Saturday, March 25, West Center Street, west of North Union Street, Warsaw. Driver: Alan R. McCrum, 44, S. Washington Street, Pierceton. McCrum struck a curb and a NIPSCO utility pole. McCrum advised that he was delivering pizza for Papa John’s and had looked down to check the address of the residence he was delivering to. Damages up to $5,000.
10:29 p.m. Saturday, March 25, Lake City Highway, east of Orthopedic Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Nancy K. Altman, 69, West Old Road 30, Warsaw, and Charles E. Fletcher, 21, Ash Drive, Elkhart. Altman stated she did not see any vehicles coming so she started to cross US 30 and pulled into the path of Fletcher’s vehicle. Damages up to $25,000.
3:31 p.m. Saturday, March 25, Walton Blvd., Warsaw. Drivers: Leamon D. Williams, 47, Country Club Drive, Warsaw, and James H. Hurd, 72, West Quail Road, Mentone. The vehicles collided in a parking lot. Damages up to $5,000.
8:09 p.m. Sunday, Lake City Highway and North Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Manpreet Singh, 25, Richland Avenue, Modesto, Calif., and Marc E. Blair, 47, East Sheridan Street, Warsaw. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damages up to $10,000.