Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
7:36 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, South CR 600E and South SR 13, Pierceton. Driver: Louis D. Reimer, 58, South CR 600E, Pierceton. Hit deer. Damage up to $1,000.
2:09 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, SR 15, north of Plum Street, Leesburg, Driver: Zachary A. Blackburn, 22, West Turner Road, Claypool. Blackburn’s vehicle went off the road, down an embankment and into a water filled ditch. He was booked for possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs. Damage up to $5,000.
3:34 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, Syracuse-Webster Road and North SR 13, North Webster. Driver: Addison M. Ayres, 17, East 600N, North Webster. Ayres swerved to miss a dog, going off the roadway and sideswiping a telephone pole. Damage up to $10,000.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accident:
2:40 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, South Main Street, North Webster. Drivers: Edwina G. Sroufe, 71, South Blaine Street, North Webster, and Toni M. Flowers, 55, West Himes Street, North Webster. Sroufe was backing from a parking space and struck the Flowers vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
5:55 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, West Market Street, Warsaw. Driver: Brian P. Shepherd, 28, South East Channel Road, Warsaw. Injured: Itzel Santa Maria, 14, Ironwood Road, Warsaw, a passenger in a parked vehicle, complained of pain to the neck and was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Shepherd backed his vehicle from two parking spaces away and backed into the passenger side of a parked vehicle registered to Gilberto Santa Maria, Ironwood Road, Warsaw. Shepherd was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Damage up to $2,500.
8:51 a.m. Sunday Sept. 13, North Parker Street and Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Drivers: Tyler D. Ramsey, 30, Goldstein Drive, Goshen, and Maria A. Hutchinson, 45, Park Avenue, Warsaw. Ramsy’s vehicle slid as he was turning onto Parker Street, hitting the Hutchinson vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
4:13 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, CR 300N and Sheldon Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Carla M. Carlton, 53, East Winona Avenue, Warsaw, and Michelle L. Laughhunn, 22, Arlington Lane, Warsaw. Carlton thought the intersection was a four-way stop and proceeded into the intersection at the same time as the Laughhuun vehicle. Damage up to $50,000.