Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
8:09 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, West Warren Drive and North CR 350W, Warsaw. Drivers: Rinika D. Punjabi, 27, West Warren Drive, Warsaw, and Joby D. Popenfoose, 38, Warsaw. Punjabi made a lefthand turn and her vehicle collided with Popenfoose’s oncoming vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.
7:24 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, North CR 150W north of West CR 400N, Warsaw. Driver: Madison B. Stapleton, 18, East Prairie Street, Leesburg. Stapleton’s vehicle left the road and rolled. Stapleton was examined at the scene but declined treatment. Damage up to $1,000.
10:29 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2125 South SR 13, Pierceton. Driver: Melinda R. Dennis, 37, West Columbia Street, Pierceton. Dennis backed her vehicle and it collided with a boat on a trailer. Damage up to $2,500.
5:31 a.m. Friday, April 29, North SR 13 south of EMS B6 Lane, Leesburg. Driver: Tamara E. Kempher, 55, Coyote Court, Fort Wayne. Kempher’s vehicle collided with a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
12:18 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, South Hand Avenue south of West Center Street, Warsaw. Driver: Jacob W. Ponko, 35, East Clark Street, Warsaw. The top of Ponko’s vehicle collided with the bottom of the railroad viaduct. Damage up to $2,500.
9:11 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, Lake City Highway and East Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Caitlyn J. Chaffins, 19, East CR 50N, Akron, and Nirmal K. Vijayachandran, 47, Club Course Drive, Fort Wayne. Chaffins turned her vehicle into the lefthand turn lane and it sideswiped Vijayachandran’s vehicle. Damage up to $1,000.