Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 2:21 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, on CR 400S near South Country Club Road near Claypool. Driver: Jeremy Shaw, 45, Caldwell Lake Drive, Claypool. Driver hit deer. Damage up to $10,000.
- 6:32 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on CR 500N near EMS T8 Lane, near Leesburg. Driver: Wayne Morris, 46, Cromwell Road, Kimmell. Driver struck deer. Damage up to $2,500.
- 5:17 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on CR 125N near CR 950W near Etna Green. Driver: Bray McClain, 24, West CR 200N, Delphi. Driver struck deer. Damage up to $5,000.
- 8:04 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, on CR 500N near EMS T7 Lane near Leesburg. Driver: Michelle Wilson, 46, CR 1400N, Elwood. Driver struck deer. Damage up to $5,000.
- 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, on CR 1400N near East Shore Drive, outside of Syracuse. Driver: Jeffery Cowan, 50, Chickasaw Lane, Syracuse. Driver left the roadway and struck a pole. Damages up to $25,000.
- 3:53 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, on Wooster Road, near Warsaw. Driver: Ibette Rico, 50, Wooster Road, Pierceton. Driver backed into another vehicle while parking. Other vehicle was registered to Maria Martinez Gallegos, of Warsaw. Damages up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
- 2:32 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, on North Lake Street, Warsaw. Driver: Kayleigh Godsey, 20, North Scott Street, Warsaw. Fender bender in a parking area involving an unoccupied vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.
- 7:19 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, on East Market and South Scott Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Teddy Carr, 90, South Rosewood Drive, Warsaw; Stacey Eierman, Lynn Lane, Warsaw. Vehicles collided as one tried to pass a stopped garbage truck. Damages up to $10,000.
- 5:35 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on SR 15 near Jalynn Street in Warsaw. Drivers: John Bauman, 66, Zimmer Road, Warsaw; Raymond Truex, 73, CR 400N, Warsaw; Andrew Schnipke, 40, EMS W25 Lane, North Webster. Slowed traffic in an intersection led to two collisions.
- 3:39 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on Argonne Road and East Center Street, Warsaw. Denise Daniels, 64, Park Avenue, Winona Lake; Brande Edington, 46, Walkers Ridge, Warsaw
- vehicle rear-ended after light turned green. Damages up to $5,000.
- 3:44 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on Wexford Place, Warsaw. Driver: Jessica Myers, 35, EMS B6A Lane, Leesburg. Driver said she swerved to miss a vehicle that entered her lane and then struck two parked vehicles registered to Brook Pauwels of Milford and Luis Cleto of Warsaw. Damages up to $10,000.
Claypool
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accidents:
- 6:58 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on SR 25 near CR 1200S near Silver Lake. Drivers: Ean Howard, 30, CR 700W, Silver Lake. Driver swerved off the road to avoid a car that had braked for a deer. Damages up to $2,500.
Milford
Officers with the Milford Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 3:50 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on CR 1250N near Jeremy Drive near Milford. Drivers: Christopher Estrada, 16, Van Buren Street, Leesburg; Joshua Kowalski, 29, Raleigh Court, Columbia City. Vehicle was rear-ended while stopped for a bus. Damages up to j$1,000.
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 11:09 Monday, Sept. 12, on Argonne Road and Park Avenue in Winona Lake. Drivers: Romero Castillo, 23, CR 175E, Warsaw; Katherine McDowell, 60, North Persimmon Drive, Warsaw. Distracted driver rear-ended a vehicle. Damages up to $10,000.