Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
6:43 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, East SR 14, west of South CR 700E, South Whitley. Driver: Ryan J. Bucher, 35, Sunset Drive, North Manchester. Bucher’s vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
5:43 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, South CR 400E, south of East CR 600S, Warsaw. Driver: Timothy P. Traxler, 41, South CR 950W, South Whitley. Traxler’s vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
4:04 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, East CR 550N and North CR 175E, Leesburg. Driver: Kenton J. Cornell, 20, Armstrong Road, Leesburg. Cornell advised he leaned over to adjust the heat in his vehicle and went off the road, striking a utility pole. Damage up to $5,000.
4:54 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, North SR 13, south of East Old Road 30, Pierceton. Driver: Scott M. Bolenbaugh, 36, North 2nd Trail, North Webster. Bolenbaugh’s vehicle struck a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
9:24 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, County Farm Road, north of West CR 600S, Warsaw. Driver: David M. Miller, 26, Sycamore Street, Silver Lake. Miller’s vehicle struck a dog. Damage up to $2,500.
6:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, SR 19, Mentone. Driver: Megan R. Heinold, 22, West Main Street, Mentone. Heinold was backing out of a private drive and did not realize another vehicle had pulled into the driveway behind her vehicle, resulting in Heinold’s vehicle striking the other vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
3:23 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, Lynwood Drive and South Huntington Street, Syracuse. Drivers: Michelle L. Helfers, 43, Forest Glen Avenue, Leeesburg, and Luke L. Jackson, 23, Chapel Road, Franklin, Tenn. Helfers’ vehicle rear-ended Jackson’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:41 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, East Center Street, west of Argonne Road. Drivers: Larry L. Scripter, 51, East High Street, Etna Green, and Tyrese L. Walker, 44, Walkers Ridge, Warsaw. Scripter’s vehicle rear-ended Walker’s vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
7:59 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, Jalynn Street, west of North Detroit Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Brooklynn T. Rethlake, 22, CR 146, Nappanee, and Willam S. Juillerat, 55, West CR 700N, Larwill. The vehicles collided when Rethlake was making a left turn to go onto Jalynn Street. Damage up to $2,500.