Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko County
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents:
- 5:35 p.m. Saturday, June 29, North CR 150W, Warsaw. Drivers: Anish Daita, 31, Church Hill Downs, Warsaw; and Joseph Criswell, 44, East CR 1150N, Milford. Daita was traveling north on CR 150W at a high rate of speed. He lost control and went left of center, colliding head-on with Criswell’s vehicle. Criswell’s vehicle went into a yard, and Daita’s vehicle went partially into the roadway. Daita had non-incapacitating injuries and was taken to the hospital. Two passengers in his vehicle had minor face bleeding and a chest abrasion and refused treatment. Criswell was pronounced dead at the scene. A front passenger in his vehicle had facial injuries and was treated on scene. A passenger in the middle row had face and chin injuries and was flown to Lutheran Fort Wayne. Another passenger in the middle row had neck injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lutheran Fort Wayne. Another passenger in the middle row had facial injuries and was flown to Lutheran Fort Wayne. A passenger in the third row had facial injuries and was taken to Lutheran Fort Wayne, and another passenger in the third row had abrasions and was taken to Lutheran Fort Wayne. Damage is estimated at more than $100,000.
- 5:04 a.m. Wednesday, June 26, 3699 N. CR 175E, Warsaw. Driver: Michael J. Coulter, 30, South High Street, Warsaw. Coulter tried getting the key fob out of his vehicle and accidentally accelerated, hitting a dumpster. Damage up to $10,000.
- 12:14 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, North CR 100E, south of Raintree Road, Warsaw. Driver: Benjamin Shroyer, 36, East Forest Glen Avenue, Leesburg. Shroyer’s vehicle collided with a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
- 10:55 a.m. Monday, June 24, North SR 13, Syracuse. Drivers: Andrew R. Minnick, 22, North Lake Street, Syracuse; and Charles W. Siwy, 74, East Koher Road South, Syracuse. Minnick’s and Siwy’s vehicles collided. Siwy had back and neck injuries was taken to Goshen Hospital. Damage up to $2,500.
- 8:55 a.m. Sunday, June 23, East US 30, at the intersection of South SR 13, Pierceton. Drivers: Amy D. Hamilton, 28, Bertrand Street, South Bend; and Rachel E. Hile, 52, Stanton Hall Parkway, Fort Wayne. Hamilton’s vehicle brakes failed and her vehicle hit Hile’s. Hamilton, Hile and a passenger in Hile’s vehicle complained of pain. They were checked out by medics on scene. Damage up to $10,000.
- 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22, SR 14 at the intersection of SR 13, Claypool. Driver: Gary Passwater, 61, South Church Street, Roann. Passwater’s vehicle collided with a deer. Damage up to $2,500.