Area Accident Reports
Claypool
Officers with the Claypool Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 6:10 p.m. Friday, April 30, Roosevelt Street, Silver Lake. Drivers: Dominick L. Scott, 23, Winter Raven Trail, Fort Wayne; and Jason G. Shelton, 48, Pearson Boulevard, Silver Lake. Scott’s vehicle backed into Shelton’s vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 7:04 p.m. Sunday, May 2, East CR 1250N, Syracuse. Drivers: Erica L. Hinkins, 34, Sir Gallahad Place, Cromwell; and Charles M. Hill, 29, Edgewater Avenue, Syracuse. Hinkins’ vehicle went left of center and struck Hill’s vehicle. Hinkins complained of chest pain and was examined by medics at the scene. Hill complained of arm and leg pain and was examined by medics at the scene. A passenger in Hill’s vehicle, Michael Hill, 50, Edgewater Avenue, Syracuse, complained of chest pain and was attended to by responding medics. Damage up to $25,000.
- 5:48 p.m. Sunday, May 2, SR 14, Silver Lake. Driver: Sarah H. Hamilton, 37, Jefferson Street, Silver Lake. Hamilton’s vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $10,000.
- 10:58 p.m. Saturday, May 1, Washington Street, North Webster. Driver: Darrin Borkholder, 34, Sixth Road, Bremen. Borkholder’s vehicle struck a building and a parked car. Damage up to $10,000.
- 8:59 p.m. Saturday, May 1, SR 13, Syracuse. Driver: Jody R. Yeazel, 58, North Kitson Lane, Syracuse. Yeazel’s vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
- 8:49 p.m. Saturday, May 1, East CR 400N, Pierceton. Driver: Bradley P. Taylor, 24, Ponderosa Drive, North Webster. Taylor’s vehicle went off the roadway and struck an REMC utility pole. Damage up to $50,000.
- 3:44 p.m. Saturday, May 1, SR 25, Mentone. Drivers: Alison R. Himes, 26, North CR 175E, Warsaw; and Alison J. Rowland, 69, Bruner Road, Warsaw. Himes’ vehicle entered the path of Rowland’s vehicle and a collision resulted. Damage up to $5,000.
- 1:22 p.m. Saturday, May 1, North CR 175E and East CR 450N, Warsaw. Drivers: Misty D. Hubert, 38, Old Road 30, Warsaw; and Maria Aguirre, 58, Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Aguirre complained of chest pain and was examined by medics but refused transport to the hospital. A passenger in Hubert’s vehicle, Alexander Hubert, 13, Clark Street, said he was asleep at the time of the collision. He had cuts to his eye area and was seen by EMS but refused transport to a hospital. Damage up to $10,000.
- 12:59 p.m. Saturday, May 1, SR 13, Syracuse. Drivers: Keith E. Busse, 78, Eggeman Road, Fort Wayne; and Gordon L. Baker, 56, Tulip Street, Pierceton. Busse’s vehicle pulled into the path of Baker’s vehicle and a collision occurred. Damage up to $10,000.
- 11:07 a.m. Saturday, May 1, SR 15, Warsaw. Drivers: Aaron W. Ring, 37, Fourth Street, North Manchester; and Humberto Estrada-Duenes, 33, Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Ring’s vehicle rear-ended Estrada-Duenes’ vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
- 11:06 a.m. Saturday, May 1, Old Road 30, Warsaw. Driver: Sherri L. Johnson, 52, Hessen Cassel Road, Fort Wayne. Johnson’s vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
- 2:27 a.m. Saturday, May 1, Country Club Road, Warsaw. Driver: Anthony W. Sumner, 51, Market Street, North Manchester. Sumner’s vehicle struck a tree. Sumner suffered fatal injuries. Damage up to $100,000.
- 1:07 a.m. Saturday, May 1, East CR 700N, Leesburg. Driver: Cora V. Ransbottom, 17, South CR 100E, Claypool. Ransbottom lost control of the vehicle and went off the road and into a ditch and a field. Damage up to $10,000.
- 6:54 p.m. Friday, April 30, West CR 125N, Etna Green. Driver: Erika P. Poyser, 17, Harrison Street, Atwood. Vehicle struck a house. Poyser complained of pain to her left wrist and hand. A passenger in Poyser’s vehicle, Audrey Hubner, 17, Evergreen Drive, Warsaw, complained of right wrist pain. Damage up to $50,000.
- 12:24 a.m. Friday, April 30, Parks Schram Road, Warsaw. Driver: Dreyton K. Dell, 21, North CR 650W, Warsaw. Dell’s vehicle struck a deer and a fence. Damage up to $10,000.
- 9:55 p.m. Thursday, April 29, North CR 300E, Warsaw. Driver: John W. Anglin, 68, Oldfield Drive, Leesburg. Anglin’s vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $10,000.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 1:45 p.m. Friday, April 30, SR 13, North Webster. Driver: Ethen R. Gardner, 19, Wooster Road, Pierceton. Gardner’s vehicle went off the road and struck a tree. He complained of pain to his head and ribs. Damage up to $10,000.
Silver Lake
Officers with the Silver Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 12:53 p.m. Friday, April 30, East CR 1000S, Claypool. Driver: Cesar A. Perez-Paredes, 26, River Road, North Manchester. A tire came off Perez-Paredes’ vehicle, causing the vehicle to go off the road and flip several times. Perez-Paredes complained of hand and back pain and was taken to Parkview Hospital in Warsaw for evaluation. Damage up to $25,000.
Syracuse
Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 9:57 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, Huntington Street, Syracuse. Drivers: Isaiah L. Stouder, 19, North Street, Syracuse; and Jose A. Dominguez, 18, Kavika Drive, Ligonier. Stouder’s vehicle struck Dominguez’s vehicle while Stouder was backing out of a driving space. Damage up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
- 5:57 a.m. Monday, May 3, Market Street, west of Columbia Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Kimberly D. Mimnaugh, 44, North CR 400E, Warsaw; and Timothy D. Konkle, 61, Trail Ridge Road, Warsaw. The vehicles collided as Mimnaugh was pulling out of the post office parking lot. Damage up to $10,000.
- 9:37 p.m. Sunday, May 2, US 30, Warsaw. Driver: Alayna D. Cooper, 21, North CR 700W, Warsaw. Cooper’s vehicle and another vehicle collided as both were merging into the same lane. The other vehicle left the scene. Damage up to $5,000.
- 3:12 p.m. Saturday, May 1, Smith Street and Bronson Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Madaline J. Gregory, 89, North CR 175E, Warsaw; and Robert S. Cooper, 57, West CR 800S, Claypool. The vehicles collided at the intersection. Damage up to $10,000.
- 4:43 p.m. Friday, April 30, US 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Trey D. Woodcox, 25, Rochester Street, Akron; and Lacey M. Nifong, 33, Gumwood Road, Argos. Woodcox’s vehicle rear-ended Nifong’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
- 4:29 p.m. Friday, April 30, Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Teigan M. Weicht, 17, South CR 150W, Warsaw; and Jose A. Vega Saavedra, 37, Robson Road, Winona Lake. Weicht’s vehicle rear-ended Vega Saavedra’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
- 3:32 p.m. Friday, April 30, North CR 650E, Warsaw. Driver: Kyle M. Whisman, 32, North CR 700E, Leesburg. Whisman’s vehicle went off the road and into a ditch. Damage up to $25,000.
- 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, Commerce Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Philip A. Hann-Hawkins, 33, Grace Avenue, Winona Lake; and Sarah A. Heldreth, 23, Detroit Street, Warsaw. Hann-Hawkins’ vehicle struck Heldreth’s vehicle while backing out of a parking space. Damage up to $750.
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accidents:
- 2:20 p.m. Saturday, May 1, East CR 225S, Winona Lake. Driver: Jeffrey D. Keough, 62, Trailsend Court, Warsaw. Keogh’s vehicle struck a steel post. Damage up to $25,000.
- 7:26 a.m. Friday, April 30, College Avenue, Winona Lake. Driver: Madison C. Morgan, 17, Seventh Street, Winona Lake. Morgan’s vehicle struck a parked car. Damage up to $2,500.
Fulton County
Officers with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 11 p.m. Sunday, May 2, East Center Street, Fulton. Driver: William J. Looker, 50, Fulton. Hit an animal.
- 2:44 p.m. Saturday, May 1, SR 14 and CR 800E, Akron. Drivers: Monte L. Wilson, 76, Akron; and Eli J. Yoder, 64, Rochester. No further information is available.
- 7:59 a.m. Saturday, May 1, CR 1200E and CR 100N, Akron. Driver; Reese T. Hutchison, 19, Warsaw. Hit deer.