Area Accident Reports
Claypool
Officers with the Claypool Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 3:56 p.m. Monday, April 25, South SR 15, south of West CR 400S, Claypool. Driver: Roslynn A. Morgan, 73, South Main Street, Claypool. Morgan was traveling south on SR 15 when her vehicle left the roadway, hitting a steel-wired fence and wooden fence post. Damage up to $5,000.
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 7:19 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, South SR 19, east of West CR 700S, Mentone. Drivers: Wilson B. Daulton, 21, Petty Drive, Rochester; and Breeana C. Baldini, 25, Monticello. Daulton was traveling east on CR 700S when he failed to stop at a stop sign and crossed ongoing traffic, hitting Baldini’s vehicle head-on. Both Daulton’s and Baldini’s vehicles went off the roadway into a ditch. No injuries were reported in the accident. Damage up to $25,000.
- 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, 9179 N. 200E, Milford. Drivers: Antonio F. Kelly, 39, Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne; and Donald A. McCune, 53, West Main Street, Warsaw. Kelly was traveling west through a parking lot when McCune, in a Milford Police vehicle, attempted to initiate a traffic stop for an infraction witnessed at the intersection of CR 200E and CR 900N. Kelly backed into McCune’s police vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
- 3 a.m. Monday, April 25, West CR 400N, east of North CR 300W, Warsaw. Driver: Mark A. Prescott, 59, North Nappanee Street, Nappanee. Prescott was traveling east on CR 400N when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $5,000.
- 5:07 p.m. Thursday, April 21, East CR 800S, south of South CR 300E, Claypool. Drivers: Jesus Palacios Hernandez, 19, North Tepee Drive, Warsaw; and Shawn D. Hovenden, 24, West CR 250S, Warsaw. Palacios Hernandez was traveling east on CR 800S and was attempting to turn north onto CR 300E when he hit Hovenden’s vehicle head-on. No injuries were reported in the accident. Damage up to $50,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 4:45 p.m. Monday, April 25, 1030 S. Union St., Warsaw. Driver: Grisel A. Cacahua, 27, Chamberlin Drive, Warsaw. A vehicle registered to Kristen L. Poehler, Wabash, was parked and unoccupied when it was backed into by Cacahua’s vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.