News Release

ELKHART — A Nappanee man has died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Elkhart County.

At 5:56 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle accident at the roundabout of SR 19 and SR 119 in Wakarusa. Randall Weaver, 60, Nappanee, was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a guardrail.

Weaver sustained head trauma, broken ribs on his left side, a broken left leg, a broken left arm and lacerations to the head. He was transported to Elkhart General Hospital with possibly life-threatening injuries.

On Friday, Sept. 20, the Elkhart County Coroner’s Office notified the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office that Weaver was taken off of life support and died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.