Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 5:34 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, West CR 1350N and North CR 700W, Nappanee. Drivers: Alta Bontrager, 18, West CR 1200N, Nappanee; and Grant A. Disher, 22, North Ashbury Court, Nappanee. Bontrager’s horse and buggy and Disher’s vehicle collided. Bontrager’s horse was injured in the crash. Damage: Up to $5,000.
- 5:26 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, North SR 15, north of West Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Driver: Nichole M. Eash, 30, West Perry Street, Warsaw. Eash’s vehicle hit a deer. Damage: Up to $25,000.
- 3:26 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, Seventh Street and College Avenue, Winona Lake. Drivers: Maureen K. Mauzy, 75, East Center Street, Warsaw; and Diane L. Kern, 62, East Forest Glen Avenue, Leesburg. Mauzy began to turn her vehicle and collided with Kern’s. She said she never saw Kern’s vehicle. Damage: Up to $10,000.
- 6:49 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, East US 30, east of South SR 13, Pierceton. Drivers: Tyler E. Scheiber, 34, South Water Street, South Whitley; and Adam W. Yeager, 31, Peabody Avenue, Columbia City. Scheiber’s vehicle hit the back of Yeager’s. Damage: Up to $25,000.
- 4:05 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, East CR 1300N and North CR 300E, Warsaw. Drivers: Javier J. Hernandez Gonzalez, 29, West Drummond Place, Chicago, Ill.; and Amber L. Bellamy, 28, East Smith Street, Warsaw. Hernandez Gonzalez’s trailer and Bellamy’s vehicle collided. Bellamy had a minor cut on her hand, but refused medical treatment. Damage: Up to $25,000.
- 3:37 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, West US 30, west of North Fox Farm Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Millard H. Hill, 54, South Gladstone Avenue, South Bend; and Blake D. Walls, 59, West CR 225N, Etna Green. Hill’s and Walls’ vehicles collided. Damage: Up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
- 12:22 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, East Fort Wayne Street and North Buffalo Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Charity D. Price, 44, East Main Street, Warsaw; and Amber L. Rooney, 39, West CR 600S, Mentone. Price’s vehicle hit the back of Rooney’s. Damage: Up to $2,500.
- 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, Anchorage Road, west of North Sunset Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Gavin E. Morgan, 18, East Kemo Avenue, Warsaw; and Heather R. Wihebrink, 47, EMS C28G Lane, Warsaw. Morgan’s vehicle hit the back of Wihebrink’s. Damage: Up to $2,500.
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 7:40 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, Packerton Road, south of Pierceton Road, Winona Lake. Driver: Kasmatie Robertson, 36, South Packerton Road, Warsaw. Robertson said she was feeding her dogs, and her vehicle ran off the road. Medics tried to get Robinson to go the hospital to get checked out, but she refused. Damage: Up to $25,000.
Fulton County
Officers with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
- 5:50 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, East SR 14 and South CR 800E, Akron. Driver: Zane M. Duff, 22, Kewanna. Duff’s vehicle collided with a pole. No injuries were reported, and there was minimal damage to the vehicle and pole.
- 10:56 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, North US 31 and West Sixth Street, Rochester. Driver: Adeleke Adebogun, 59, Indianapolis. Adebogun’s vehicle rolled and was smoking. There was a report of shoulder pain and left leg entrapment.