By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

NORTH MANCHESTER — A Syracuse woman is dead after a single-vehicle accident in southeast Kosciusko County.

At 12:11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle accident on South SR 13, near East SR 14, North Manchester.

According to an accident report from KCSO, a white 2006 Cadillac DTS driven by Judy K. Nicodemus, 79, Syracuse, was traveling south on SR 13 when the Cadillac went off the west side of the roadway. The Cadillac then came back east through a field and across SR 13 before entering a roadside parking area and hitting a metal utility pole.

Nicodemus was pronounced dead at the scene by the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office.

Damages from the accident are over $100,000.