Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
7:10 a.m. Sunday, April 9, West CR 900N, east of North CR 1000W, Nappanee. Driver: Janie Diaz, 17, East Market Street, Warsaw. Diaz advised that her steering wheel locked up and she struck a fence and a farm disc. Damages up to $5,000.
7:07 p.m. Sunday, April 9, South SR 25 and South CR 800W, Mentone. Driver: Joseph O. Clemans, 24, West CR 375N, Rochester. Clemans advised that his steering wheel locked up and pulled to the right, causing him to leave the roadway and land in a shallow swamp. Clemans was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Damages up to $1,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
6:49 a.m. Monday, April 10, Argonne Road and East Durbin Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Jenifer L. Bennett, 25, Oak Pointe Crossing, Warsaw, and Jonathan C. Haussmann, 35, Sweetgum Road, Rochester. The vehicles collided when Bennett pulled into the path of Haussman’s vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
Elkhart
Officers with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:
11:12 a.m. Sunday, April 9, SR 15 and CR 142, New Paris. Drivers: Haley Trott, 17, New Paris, and Juan Duron DeLuna, 29, Warsaw. DeLuna complained of head pain and was treated and released at the scene. Hannelore Jones, 18, no town listed, a passenger in the Trott vehicle, complained of head, neck and right shoulder pain. She was transported to Goshen Hospital. Trott failed to yield to traffic on SR 15 and struck the DeLuna vehicle. Trott was cited for failure to yield.