Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
3:52 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, South SR 25, south of South Ferguson Road, Warsaw. Driver: Kirsten D. Heath, 22, South Packerton Road, Warsaw. Heath’s vehicle went off the road, collided with a gas line marker and street sign, then over a stump before going airborne, The driver continued driving the vehicle through a yard and around a barn in an attempt to get back on the road. The vehicle became stuck in the mud. Heath was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Damage up to $5,000.
2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, South CR 300E, south of East CR 1200S, Silver Lake. Drivers: Mary L. Bowman, 54, South CR 300E, North Manchester, and Robert W. Bowers, 87, South CR 300E, Silver Lake. Bowman’s vehicle slid at the end of her driveway into the path of the Bowers vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accident:
9:52 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, South Sycamore Street, Syracuse. Driver: Jeanette M. Shidler, 69, North CR 400W, Leesburg. Shielder backed into a vehicle parked behind her. Damage up to $5,000
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:52 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, Lake City Highway, south of Frontage Road, Warsaw. Driver: Augusto T. Zaca, 29, East C 200N, Lot 82, Warsaw. Witnesses told police Zaca left a business, went through the parking lot of Kmart at a high rate of speed, and was doing doughnuts in the parking lot, when lost control of the vehicle and hit a steel light support. The driver was then picked up by another vehicle and left the area. Police contacted the owner of the vehicle who resides in Indianapolis, stating she leaves the car at a residence in Winona Lake and told police she doesn’t know who would drive it. Another witness was able to identify the driver to police. Damage up to $10,000.
2:08 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, Anchorage Point Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Harry M. Cordell, 52, North Warsaw Oswego Road, Warsaw, and Tarah R. Prater, 31, Heritage Lane, Warsaw. Cordell went to back into a parking space and backed into the Prater vehicle behind him. Damage up to $5,000.
11:55 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Driver: Bre-Anne L. Butts, 32, East US 30, Pierceton. Butts backed into a parked vehicle registered to Dane F. Huebner, Bull Run Drive, St. John. Damage up to $5,000.