Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
7:11 a.m. Thursday, April 13, North SR 15, south of West CR 600N, Leesburg. Drivers: Austin F. Nickerson, 19, South CR 825W, Akron, and Noah D. Ault, 19, S. Southwood Drive, Warsaw. Nickerson rear-ended Ault’s vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.
5:55 p.m. Thursday, April 13, North SR 15 and West CR 1350N, Milford. Drivers: Devon N. Reed, 39, Philips Lane, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Larry A. Cripe, 65, County Road 21, New Paris. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damages up to $10,000.
7:33 p.m. Thursday, April 13, East CR 600S, east of South CR 400E, Warsaw. Driver: Ruth A. Elder, 65, South Woodland Lane, Warsaw. Elder advised that when she came up over a hill another vehicle was in her lane of travel. She swerved to avoid striking the vehicle, causing her to leave the roadway and strike a metal pole and concrete base. The other vehicle left the scene. Damages up to $10,000.
5:12 a.m. Friday, April 14, South SR 15 and West CR 800S, Claypool. Driver: James M. Willard, 42, West CR 1200S, Silver Lake. Driver struck a deer. Damages up to $2,500.
9:51 a.m. Friday, April 14, Fox Farm Road, south of North Lake Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Marie Halsey, 51, North CR 1025W, Cromwell, and Sandra M. Handrich, 20, Leedy Street, Warsaw. The vehicles collided in the roundabout. Damages up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
1:44 p.m. Thursday, April 13, Lake City Highway, east of Springhill Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Katelyn E. Sills, 19, East Jefferson Street, Warsaw, and Michael K. White, 69, Volterra Drive, Fort Wayne. Sills rear-ended White’s vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
7:53 p.m. Thursday, April 13, Jalynn Street, Warsaw. Driver: Crystal M. Baker, 41, East Black Point Road, Syracuse. Baker struck an unoccupied, parked vehicle in a parking lot. Damages up to $750.
1:42 p.m. Friday, April 14, East US 30, east of South CR 250E, Warsaw. Driver: Kathy L. Reynolds, 48, East CR 400S, Pierceton. Reynolds’ vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle, which left the scene. Damages up to $2,500.
3:16 p.m. Friday, April 14, West CR 250N, west of North Rainbow Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Michelle M. Klosowski, 49, East Wellington Drive, Warsaw, Oneida J. Cerda, 34, East CR 200N, Warsaw, Kendra A. Rodriguez, 24, North Blaine Street, North Webster, and Joseph W. Schwartz, 61, West Madison Street, Plymouth. Klosowski advised that she was wearing a medical boot on her right foot. She advised that the boot got caught between the accelerator and brake pedals. Klosowski rear-ended Cerda’s vehicle, causing Cerda to rear-end Rodriguez’s vehicle and Rodriguez to rear-end Schwartz’s vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
3:22 p.m. Friday, April 14, Husky Trail, Warsaw. Drivers: Elizabeth A. Hall, 61, South CR 600W, Mentone, and Peggy L. Brubaker, 59, Wexford Place, Warsaw. The vehicles collided in a parking lot. Damages up to $2,500.
4:20 p.m. Friday, April 14, Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Driver: Julie A. Black, 57, South Union Street, Warsaw. Black struck a pole in a parking lot while trying to park her vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.
4:51 p.m. Friday, April 14, North Detroit Street, north of East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Irma Hernandez, 45, South CR 650W, Warsaw and Larita L. Mason, 59, South Blue Spruce Road, Warsaw. The vehicles collided in front of McDonalds. Damages up to $10,000.
6:00 p.m. Friday, April 14, Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Driver: Michael A. Kern, 69, East CR 500N, North Webster. Kern struck a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.
8:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, East Hendricks Street, west of Argonne Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Alfred W. McDonald, 51, South McClellan Street, Warsaw, and Tanner S. Blum, 22, S. Southwood Drive, Warsaw. McDonald rear-ended Blum’s vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.