Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:
7:40 p.m. Sunday, July 26, South CR 500E and East CR 450S, Warsaw. Driver: Sheila K. Craig, 70, South CR 600E, Pierceton. Hit deer. Damage up to $2,500.
6:24 p.m. Sunday, July 26, North Syracuse-Webster Road, North CR 1100N, Syracuse. Driver: Andrea J. Chupp, 34, North West Street, Milford. Chupp swerved off the road to avoid an animal and struck a road sign with her vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
1:38 p.m. Monday, July 27, 483 Clinic Court, Warsaw. Drivers: Shirley E. Jordan, 68, East Section Street, Claypool and Ryan E. Coble, East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. While backing up to turn around, Jordan hit Coble’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Silver Lake
Officers with the Silver Lake Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:42 p.m. Monday, July 27, S.R. 13 south of C.R. 675 East. Driver: Ryn J. Wehrly, 31, Glenn Avenue, Wabash. Wehrly hit a deer. Damage up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:05 p.m. Sunday, July 26, South Buffalo Street, north of East Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Nathan K. Manahan, 38, Park Avenue, Winona Lake, and Rachel L. Maron, 22, EMS B40 Lane, Leesburg. Manahan attempted to change lanes when he struck into Maron’s vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
1:23 p.m. Sunday, July 26, Lake City Highway, east of Old Road 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Morgan N. Ellis, 18, South Chauncey Street, Columbia City, and Judith I. Leitch, 33, East CR 375N, Churubusco. Ellis rear ended Leitch. Medics arrived and treated Leitch and her two children. One of the children had a previous medical issue. Leitch and her children went to the hospital for evaluation. Damage up to $2,500.
Winona Lake
Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accidents:
8:40 p.m. Monday, July 27, East Winona Avenue, west of Lakeview Drive, Winona Lake. Driver: Jose G. Garcia, 20, Indian Trail, Warsaw. Garcia was pulling out of the Dairy Queen parking lot and did not see an oncoming cyclist. Garcia struck the cyclist, who was treated for pain in her ribs and bleeding from her lower left leg.