Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
6:57 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, West CR 900N, west of North CR 1000W, Nappanee. Driver: Eric J. Troyer, 31, West CR 1050N, Nappanee. Slid off the road and struck a mailbox and tree. Damages up to $25,000.
9:48 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, Wooster Road, east of South CR 250E, Warsaw. Driver: Eyan T. Blue, 20, West Market Street, Pierceton. Slid off the road and hit a rock causing the vehicle to roll. Damages up to $25,000.
9:48 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, North SR 15, south of West CR 1000N, Milford. Driver: Russell E. Albertson, 45, Fawn Court, Warsaw, and Anita O. Hernandez, 45, North Bronson Street, Warsaw.
8:17 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, West US 30, east of North SR 19, Etna Green. Driver: Hidi F. Mendoza, 19, 33rd Street, Zion, Ill. Mendoza spun off the road. Damages up to $5,000
6:53 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, North CR 300E and East CR 750N, Leesburg. Driver: Jerrecho J. Warnken, 20, SR 19, Wakarusa. Slid off the road and into a utility pole. Damages up to $2,500
4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, South SR 25, north of West CR 300S, Warsaw. Driver: Mandy E. Swenson, 25, South Lake Trail, Warsaw. Slid off the road into a tree. Damages up to $5,000.
3:57 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, West SR 25, south of South CR 700W, Mentone. Driver: Ryan L. Davis, 17, North SR 25, Rochester. Davis lost control of his vehicle and slid into a ditch causing his vehicle to roll. Damages up to $10,000.
3:37 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, East US 30, east of East CR 200S, Pierceton. Driver: Alex J. Mangen, 25, North Spruce Street, St. Marys, Ohio, and Eric R. Lefavour, 46, Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw. Mangen lost control of his vehicle causing it to slide into Lefavour’s vehicle. Damages up to $10,000.
3:03 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, North CR 400E and East CR 100N, Warsaw. Driver: Kirby R. Lawson, 58, North CR 375E, Warsaw. Slid off the road. Damages up to $5,000.
2:13 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, North CR 400E, north of East CR 375N, Warsaw. Driver: Jack W. Worth, 76, North CR 20E, Warsaw. Slid off the road into a large rock. Damages up to $2,500.
1:50 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, Pequignot Drive, east of South SR 13, Pierceton. Drivers: Donald L. Stone, 46, North CR 175E, Warsaw, and David E. Messer, 49, East CR 250S, Pierceton. Stone’s vehicle slid into Messer’s. Damages up to $5,000.
12:14 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, North Kalorama Road, south of EMS T37 Lane, Leesburg. Driver: Bruce A. Merryman, 55, West Monument City Road, Huntington, and Allen W. Meitzler, 30, South 5th Street, Decatur. Merryman’s vehicle slid into Meitzler’s due to ice. Damages up to $2,500.
11: 41 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, East Kemo Avenue, west of North Shagbark Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Cheryl L. McDonald, 58, East Kemo Avenue, Warsaw. McDonald’s vehicle backed into a parked car. Damages up to $5,000.
11:17 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, West SR 25, west of South CR 900W, Mentone. Drivers: David P. Lash, 30, West CR 600S, Mentone, and Wyatt K. Gochenour, 20, North Thompson Street, Bourbon. Lash’s vehicle sideswiped Gochenour’s. Damages up to $5,000.
11:17 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, East Levi Lee Road and North Old SR 15, Leesburg. Drivers: Garney Blankenship, 72, Tecumseh Street, Warsaw, and Justin G. Ousley, 27, North Washington Street, Bourbon. Blankenship’s vehicle slid through the intersection and hit Ousley’s. Damages up to $25,000.
11:10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, West Catherine Street and North Highbee, Milford. Driver: Donna J. Foreman, 62, West First Street, Milford. Slid on ice and hit a street sign. Damages up to $2,500.
11:09 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, West US 30, east of North CR 700W, Atwood. Driver: Rodney L. Stokes, 45, Vance Avenue, Fort Wayne. Stokes lost control of his vehicle and veered into a ditch. Damages up to $2,500.
11:07 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, North CR 175E, north of 350N, Warsaw. Driver: Brian J. Nelson, 43, East Center Street, Warsaw. Nelson’s vehicle was rear-ended by unknown black H2 Hummer which did not stop after the accident. Damages up to $1,000.
10:51 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, North CR 100E and East CR 250N, Warsaw. Driver: Mitch L. Rader, 59, Yvonne Street, Leesburg, Gavin S. Gunder, East Lantern Road, Warsaw, and Marielle F. Menzie, 49, North Lincoln Park, Warsaw. Rader’s vehicle slid through the stop sign and was hit by Gunder’s. Both vehicles proceeded to slid after impact and collided with Menzie’s vehicle. Damages up to $25,000.
10:34 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, West US 30, east of North CR 950W, Etna Green. Driver: Trent A. Riddle, 38, Karen Avenue, Fort Wayne. Riddle lost control of his vehicle causing it to go into some trees. Damages up to $2,500.
10:50 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, North CR 775E and East CR 1300N, Syracuse. Driver: Braxton W. Keller, 16, West CR 250S, Warsaw. Veered off the road and hit a pole. Damages up to $10,000.
2:19 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, East Levi Lee Road, east of Accorn Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Mark S. South, 53, East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw, and Kyle Anderson, 29, East Plum Street, Leesburg. South failed to yield to Anderson. Damages up to $10,000.
11:19 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, North CR 450E and EMS T15 Lane, North Webster. Driver: Hannah D. Sanchez, 24, EMS T17A Lane, Leesburg. Sanchez’s vehicle ran off the road and hit a utility pole and continued to impact a telephone junction box. Sanchez was detained for an investigation for an OWI. Damages up to $10,000.
8:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, South SR 15, south of West Union Street, Warsaw. Driver: Jason A. Stone, 43, East Lake Tahoe Trail, Warsaw. Hit a deer. Damages up to $5,000.
5:41 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, East Pierceton Road, east of South CR 500E, Pierceton. Driver: Suzanne D. Sherk, 43 South CR 400W, Warsaw. Hit a deer. Damages up to $10,000.
1:55 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, South SR 25, east of South Ferguson Road, Warsaw. Driver: Melissa M. Gunter, 47, South Walnut Drive, Warsaw. Turned into an iron posts. Damages up to $2,500.
1:55 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, West CR 200N, north of North CR 650W, Atwood. Driver: Finn E. Torpy, 22, East High Street, Warsaw. Veered off the road and hit a road sign and ditch. Damages up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
7:21 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, West Winona Avenue, east of South Hand Avenue. Driver: Mary A. Sutton, 63, West Hobart Court, Warsaw. Hit a deer. Damages up to $2,500.
5:39 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, East Center and North Lincoln streets, Warsaw. Drivers: Anthony M. Penn, 20, West Market Street, Warsaw, and Carlos A. Roasas Garcia, 23, East Main Street, Warsaw. Penn’s vehicle rear-ended Garcia’s. Damages up to $2,500.
1:06 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, South Zimmer Road, south of Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Cloie R. Bradley, 36, West CR 1000N, Roann, and Michael D. Hill, 54, North Lincoln Park, Warsaw. Bradley’s vehicle backed into Hill’s. Damages up to $2,500.
12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2513 E. Center St., Warsaw. Drivers: John M. Arthur, 30, EMS T26 Lane, Leesburg. Arthur was fleeing law enforcement down Center Street when he attempted to turn his vehicle. The vehicle failed to make the turn due to high speeds and hit shrubbery. Arthur and his passenger were arrested. Damages up to $5,000.
10:14 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, East Center Street and North Parker Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Eugene Ousley, 70, East CR 200N, Pierceton, and Karen F. Erba, 48, Roy Street, Winona Lake. Ousley failed to yield to Erba. Damages up to $2,500.