Area Accident Reports
Pierceton
Officers with the Pierceton Police Department investigated the following accident:
9:35 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, US 30, west of CR 325E, Pierceton. Drivers: Matthew Klinker, 53, Clatton Road, Monroeville, and Eugene L. Akers, 67, East Old Road 30, Warsaw. Klinker rear-ended Aker’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
Elkhart
Officers with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:
11:17 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, US 20 westbound lane, east of CR 17. Driver: Maria Guzman, 34, Ligonier. Guzman was driving too fast for the snow-covered road conditions and lost control of her vehicle, hitting the concrete barrier median. A passenger in her vehicle, Jose Manuel Micias, 36, Ligonier, was taken to Elkhart General Hospital for lacerations to the head. Guzman was cited for conditions requiring driving at a reduced sped, failure to provide proof of financial responsibility and driving with a license statute of suspended infraction.