Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 4:03 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, North CR 650W, north of West CR 100N, Warsaw. Driver: Brooke A. Gohlke, 26, West SR 25, Mentone. Gohlke’s vehicle hit a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
- 6:21 a.m. Monday, April 29, South CR 1000W, north of West CR 800S, Sevastopol. Driver: Bryce J. Madeford, 23, South Virgil Street, Akron. Madeford’s vehicle hit a deer. Damage up to $25,000.
- 4:15 a.m. Monday, April 29, South Packerton Road, south of East CR 800S, Claypool. Drivers: Laney M. McPeak, 19, East Jefferson Street, Warsaw; and Craig E. Niccum, 34, North SR 13, Wabash. McPeak was attempting to overtake another vehicle traveling south and failed to return to her driving lane in an appropriate manner. This resulted in McPeak’s vehicle hitting Niccum’s. Damage up to $25,000.
- 1:50 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 1403 Tanager Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Alixandria D. Cervantes, 19, West CR 125N, Etna Green; and Leah R. Cervantes, 34, Tanager Drive, Warsaw. Alixandria was backing her vehicle when she hit Leah’s vehicle. Leah’s vehicle was parked and unoccupied at the time. Damage up to $2,500.
- 10:26 p.m. Friday, April 26, East US 30, east of CR 325E, Warsaw. Drivers: Frank Knez, 69, EMS B46 Lane, Leesburg; and Mohammed N. Mohammed, 27, Wilson Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Knez was attempting to enter the left turn lane at the interchange when he sideswiped Mohammed’s vehicle. Damage up to $25,000.
- 7:58 a.m. Friday, April 26, South SR 19, north of West CR 700S, Mentone. Driver: Shawn L. Reiter, 18, South Walnut Street, Burket. Reiter’s vehicle left the roadway, hitting a telephone pole. His vehicle then rolled an unknown amount of times, coming to rest on its roof. Reiter sustained minor injuries to his hands and face and was taken to a local hospital by a relative. Damage up to $10,000.
- 2:04 p.m. Thursday, April 25, Cambridge Drive, at the intersection of Greenhill Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Kristopher D. King, 39, Tippecanoe Drive Apartment A1, Warsaw. Due to brake issues, King’s vehicle was unable to turn. His vehicle left the roadway and hit a tree. King sustained chest injuries during the accident. He was later taken into custody for allegedly operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator. Damage up to $10,000.
- 8:49 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, US 30, at the intersection of North CR 325E, Warsaw. Drivers: Marion Aleman, 93, East Kenway Drive, Warsaw; and Richard Vonesh, 79, Burnham Woods Lane, Fort Wayne. Aleman stopped at the US 30 and North CR 325E intersection, but failed to yield the right-of-way to Vonesh’s vehicle. Vonesh was traveling west on US 30 at the time of the accident. Aleman and a passenger in his vehicle, Mary J. Aleman, 84, Warsaw, were both taken to Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital. On April 28, Marion died from injuries sustained in the accident. His cause of death was ruled as blunt force trauma to the chest and laceration to his spleen. Mary sustained injuries to her knee and lower leg area. Vonesh and a passenger in his vehicle, Naomi L. Vonesh, 78, Fort Wayne, were also taken to LKH. Richard had chest injuries and Naomi sustained an abrasion to her hip and upper leg area. Damage up to $25,000.
- 9:47 a.m. Thursday, April 18, North SR 13, at the intersection of North Syracuse Webster Road, North Webster. Driver: Kenneth J. Gunkel, 52, EMS B1A Lane, Leesburg. Gunkel’s vehicle hit a turkey. Damage up to $5,000.
Marshall County
Officers with the Indiana State Police Bremen District investigated the following accident:
- 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, Nutmeg Road and 16th Road, Plymouth. Driver: Michael Reece, 71, Culver. Reece’s motorcycle hit a deer. Reece was transported by Argos EMS and Parkview Samaritan to a hospital in Fort Wayne for non life-threatening injuries.