Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
6:42 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, East CR 400S, west of South County Farm Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Kenyan C. Bennett, 20, East Clark Street, Warsaw; Alpheus C. Eherenman, 31, Ranch Road, Warsaw. Bennett told police he was driving his vehicle westbound on CR 400S, approaching the intersection with County Farm Road. He said he did not see the stop sign at the intersection and proceeded on through the intersection, where his vehicle was struck by Eherenman’s vehicle. Bennett’s vehicle rolled over and came to rest upside down in a field. Bennett complained of minor injuries, but declined transport to a hospital. Damage up to $25,000.
9:54 a.m. Jan. 23, North Fox Farm Road, east of South Side Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Jason L. Sheppard, 40, West 4th Street, North Manchester. Sheppard told police he was driving his vehicle northbound on Fox Farm Road when he lost control of his vehicle on a curve, causing it to leave the roadway and travel into a field. Damage up to $5,000.
9:03 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, West US 30 and Silveus Crossing, Warsaw. Drivers: Emmanuel R. Long, 27, EMS C28E Lane, Warsaw; Ellen K. Lindsey, 50, Maysville Road, Fort Wayne. Long told police he was stopped in his vehicle behind the vehicle driven by Lindsey. After the light turned green, his vehicle began to move forward and he looked down for a moment. He said when he looked back up, Lindsey’s vehicle had not moved and a rear-end collision occurred. Damage up to $1,000.
5:53 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, North Ogden Point Road, south of North Seth Ward Road, Syracuse. Driver: Dirk M. Wilkins, 27, West 18th Street, Chicago. Wilkins told police he was driving his vehicle northbound on Ogden Point Road when he lost control of his vehicle, causing it to slide and leave the roadway, strike a retaining wall, as well as a landscaping bush and front porch. Damage up to $25,000.
Warsaw
Officers from the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accident:
1:10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Peter A. Schaaf, West Prairie Street, Leesburg, told police that he parked his vehicle in the Walmart parking lot and that when he returned, his vehicle had been struck by another vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.