Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:
2:59 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, North SR 15 and West Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Thomas L. Waikel, 49, West Main Street, Warsaw, and Elizabeth N. Gerber, 32, West CR 150S, Warsaw. Waikel, who was driving a sheriff’s department vehicle, was stopped at the stop sign, checked but did not see any vehicles, and when he began to drive southbound on SR 15, the police vehicle clipped the right rear corner of Gerber’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
5:14 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, Lake City Highway and East Old Road 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Anthony H. Wright Franz I, 20, West CR 275N, Angola; Jacob A. Starr, 17, Tamar Trail, Fort Wayne; and Sherri L. Spieth, 55, Minnich Road, Fort Wayne. Franz’s vehicle struck the back of the Starr vehicle and the passenger side of the Spieth vehicle. Damage up to $25,000.
3:52 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, East Center Street, east of North Reed Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Cora L. Warner, 22, West Center Street, Burket; Bambi N. Harris, 35, East Market Street, Warsaw; and Rusty L. Jefferson, 36, East Market Street, Warsaw. Harris complained of pain to the neck and was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Warner’s vehicle struck the back of the Harris vehicle, pushing the Harris vehicle into the back of the Jefferson vehicle. Jefferson’s vehicle was stalled on the roadway and was being push started by the Harris vehicle at the time of the accident. Damage up to $50,000.
1:17 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, East Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Kathy J. Gagnon 56, West Union Street, Claypool, and Marcia A. Stanley, 63, South Edgewater Drive, Silver Lake. Gagnon was backing from a parking space at Owens and did not see the Stanley vehicle, causing the vehicles to collide. Damage up to $5,000.
2:41 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, North Detroit Street, south of Plaza Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Branden L. Sneed, 29, North Miami Street, Wabash. Sneed was southbound on Detroit and realized the tire was flat, he turned to the right, hitting a phone box before entering the Lassus gas station parking lot. Damage up to $2,500.
4:38 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, East Center Street and Argonne Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Tina M. Music, 38, East 100S, Pierceton, and Joseph D. Crace, 50, Oldfather Street, Warsaw. Music’s vehicle struck the back of Crace’s stalled vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
1:32 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, East Fort Wayne Street, north of East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Charles E. Muir, 68, North Sir Gallahad Place, Cromwell, and Marilyn S. McClish, 71, East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Muir was traveling east in an alley between East Fort Wayne Street and Clark Street, and did not slow or yield for another alley intersection, hitting the McClish vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
6:17 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, East Winona Beach Drive, and South Redwood Road, Warsaw. Driver: Nicholas A. Robbins, 34, Mary Mac Drive, Warsaw. Hit deer. Damage up to $2,500.