Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
7:31 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, West SR 14, east of South CR 700W, Akron. Driver: Debra D. Hartwell, 58, Jefferson Street, Rochester. Hartwell told police she was driving her vehicle westbound on SR 14 when a deer entered the roadway. She said she could not avoid hitting the deer. Damage up to $10,000.
9:21 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, North CR 850E, north of East CR 150N, Pierceton. Driver: Cheyenne M. Keene, 21, West CR 400S, Warsaw. Keene told police she was driving her vehicle northbound on CR 850E when a deer entered the roadway. She said she could not avoid hitting the deer. Damage up to $2,500.
7:51 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, North Fox Farm Road, west of North CR 200W, Warsaw. Driver: Robert S. Jarboe, 66, North Union Street, Warsaw. Jarboe told police he was driving his vehicle westbound on Fox Farm Road when a deer entered the roadway. He said he could not avoid hitting the deer. Damage up to $5,000.
Milford
Officers with the Milford Police Department investigated the following accident:
7:39 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, East CR 1300N, west of North CR 150E, Milford. Driver: Lani K. Marshall, 61, Milford. Marshall told police she was driving her vehicle westbound on CR 1300N when a deer entered the roadway. She said she could not avoid hitting the deer. Damage up to $5,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
10:36 a.m. Thursday, South Union Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Beverly J. Reid, 80, North Sixth Street, Pierceton; Ruchele R. Sammons, 49, South CR 350E, Warsaw. Reid told police she was backing her vehicle out of a parking space when it collided with Sammons’ vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
7:16 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, East Bell Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Wendy M. Obacz, 35, South West Channel Road, Warsaw; Brandon S. Bucher, 30, North Aspen Drive, Warsaw. Obacz told police she was backing out of a parking space and did not see the vehicle driven by Bucher before colliding with his vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, North Park Avenue, north of Ross Avenue, Warsaw. Driver: Jennifer M. Rucoi, 37, Ross Avenue, Warsaw. Rucoi told police she was talking on her cell phone during the time of the accident. Police say she was driving her vehicle southbound on Park Avenue and disregarded a stop sign, crossing the intersection and colliding with a landscape boulder. Damage up to $5,000.
9:44 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, West Market Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Carissa M. Nolin, 42, Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw; Vasilios H. Batalis, 78, Dausha Court, Warsaw. Nolin told police she was backing her vehicle out of a parking space and did not see the vehicle driven by Batalis, causing her vehicle to collide with his. Damage up to $5,000.