News Release

MISHAWAKA — A police pursuit in Mishawaka on Monday, Feb. 26, involving a North Webster man ended in a head-on collision, resulting in injuries.

At 10:49 a.m. Christopher James Solley-Mead, 43, was driving recklessly and fleeing police at high speed on Lincolnway East. Solley-Mead lost control of his 2004 Pontiac Grand Am while attempting to turn right onto Capital Avenue and crashed into the front of a Ford F-150 driven by Bonnie L. Affolder, 79, Fort Wayne. Affolder’s vehicle was stopped at the time of the accident.

Solley-Mead attempted to flee the scene on foot and was taken into custody. He was checked by paramedics and was booked in the Elkhart County Jail for resisting law enforcement, driving while suspended-prior and reckless driving. Charges are being requested through the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office for resisting law enforcement, leaving the scene of a crash and battery on law enforcement. 

Affolder reported neck pain and was checked out on scene by Mishawaka paramedics, then transported to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.