Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:
3:09 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, North SR 19, east of North CR 800W, Nappanee. Drivers: Gabriel D. Helmuth, 25, Beech Road, Bourbon; Jacob Daley Segraves, 24, West Old Road 30, Warsaw. A witness told police she was traveling in her vehicle behind Helmuth, who was in a horse and buggy traveling eastbound on SR 19. According to the witness, a large truck traveling westbound spooked the horse, which ran into the path of Segraves, traveling westbound on a motorcycle. The horse jumped into Segraves’ lap and the horse and motorcycle rider left the roadway and into a ditch. The horse then fled through a field. Damage up to $10,000.
Pierceton
Officers with the Pierceton Police Department investigated the following accident:
11:13 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, SR 13, east of CR 600S, Pierceton. Drivers: Diann F. Slaymaker, 75, South CR 400E, Warsaw; Ian Kaehr, 32, Falls Avenue, Wabash. Slaymaker told police she was stopped in her vehicle at the intersection of CR 600S and SR 13. She said she estimated she had enough time to clear the intersection and pulled into the intersection, causing the collision. Damage up to $5,000.