Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 5:06 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, South County Farm Road, south of East SR 14, Claypool. Driver: Brandon A. Stackhouse, 28, South CR 400E, North Manchester. Stackhouse was traveling north on South County Farm Road when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
- 8:27 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, East CR 200S, west of South Parry Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Emma G. Neal, 21, South 6th Street, Gas City. Neal was traveling east on East CR 200S when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
- 10:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, South CR 250E, north of Liberty Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Allison J. Martynowicz, 20, East Street, North Manchester. Martynowicz was traveling south on South CR 250E when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
- 5:55 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, South CR 275E, north of East CR 225S, Warsaw. Driver: Jazmin A. Cielo, 29, East Wooster Road 64, Pierceton. Cielo was traveling south on South CR 275E when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $5,000.
- 5:33 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, West CR 400N, near North CR 400W, Warsaw. Driver: Kevin W. Escapule, 41, North CR 500W, Warsaw. Escapule was traveling east on CR 400N when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $10,000.
- 11:53 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, West CR 100S, west of South CR 675W, Warsaw. Driver: Timothy L. Banghart, 62, South SR 19, Mentone. Banghart was traveling west on West CR 100S when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
- 9:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, East US 30, west of East Van Ness Road, Pierceton. Driver: Belinda G. Matero, 66, South Old Ditch Road, Warsaw. Matero was traveling east on US 30 when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $5,000.
- 8:02 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, East Old Road 30, east of North CR 300E, Warsaw. Driver: Teresa A. Coleman, 57, East Old Road 30, Pierceton. Coleman was traveling east on East Old Road 30 when she hit a trash can in the roadway. Damage up to $2,500.
- 6:38 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, North Syracuse Webster Road, near East CR 950N, Syracuse. Driver: Ronald D. Krill, 48, East Epworth Forest Road, North Webster. Krill was traveling north on Syracuse Webster road when a deer entered the roadway. Damage up to $5,000.
Milford
Officers with the Milford Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, North SR 15, south of West CR 1350N, Milford. Driver: Kaylene N. Miller, 31, South Main Street, Leesburg. Miller was traveling south on SR 15 when her vehicle was sideswiped by a silver Dodge truck. The truck’s driver left the scene. Damage up to $2,500.
Pierceton
Officers with the Pierceton Police Department investigated the following accident:
- 7:22 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, 8280 E. US 30, Pierceton. Driver: Steven L. Coplen, 64, East US 30 6, Pierceton. Coplen was backing his vehicle when he hit a trailer. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
- 3:42 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, 2211 E. Center St., Warsaw. Drivers: Jessica L. Anglemyer, 27, East Street, Winona Lake; and David J. Cook, 42, Shell Bark Lane, Warsaw. Anglemyer was backing her vehicle from a parking space when she hit Cook’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
- 9:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2211 E. Center St., Warsaw. Driver: Joey W. Corder, 25, North Main Street, Bourbon. Corder was moving his vehicle from a parking space when he hit a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
- 11:52 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, North CR 100E, near East CR 200N, Warsaw. Drivers: Michael L. Montgomery, 80, North Stoneburner Road, Warsaw; and Terry W. Kessler, 64, East Lilly Court, Warsaw. Montgomery and Kessler were both traveling south on CR 100E when Montgomery’s vehicle rear-ended Kessler’s. Damage up to $5,000.
- 11:14 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 100 N. Detroit St., Warsaw. Driver: Sheila K. Richards, 46, East Clark Street, Warsaw. Richards was moving her vehicle from a parking space when her vehicle hit a large landscaping boulder. Damage up to $2,500.
- 5:47 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, East Old Road 30, west of Clinic Court, Warsaw. Driver: Andrea N. Chavers, 25, Orchard Drive, Warsaw. Joshua A. Pratt, 18, Warsaw, was running on East Old Road 30 when he was hit by a vehicle, causing him to fall face-down in a grassy area. Chavers said Pratt ran south across the roadway in front of her as she was slowing to turn into an apartment complex. Pratt complained of head, groin and leg pain. He also sustained abrasions to his left leg and the palms of his hands. He was taken to Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital. Damage under $750.
- 3:50 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, 2211 E. Center St., Warsaw. Drivers: Jade N. Brost, 29, Walter Way F., Warsaw; and Larry C. Lawmaster, 78, West Catholic Street, Pierceton. Brost was moving her vehicle from a parking space when Lawmaster’s vehicle hit hers. Damage up to $5,000.