Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
10:32 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, South SR 15, north of West CR 300S, Warsaw. Driver: Ricardo E. Martinez, 23, East Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Hit a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
6:46 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, Husky Trail, south of East CR 200N, Warsaw. Driver: Vera A. Drudge, 79, South SR 13, Pierceton. Drudge left the roadway, entered an embankment and became stuck. Damage up to $10,000.
6:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, East Armstrong Road, west of North CR 200E, Leesburg. Driver: Ellen J. Myers, 27, East Kiser Lake Drive, North Webster. Hit a coyote. Damage up to $2,500.
5:35 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, North SR 15, north of West Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Driver: Ernest B. Dragoo, 26, West Market Street, Warsaw. Dragoo left the roadway and struck a fence, gate and control box. Dragoo was arrested for OWI. Damage up to $10,000.
11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, South CR 1200S, south of South CR 200W, Silver Lake. Driver: Caleb T. Thomas, 24, Hillcrest Drive, North Manchester. Hit a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
9:23 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, South SR 13, north or East CR 400S, Pierceton. Driver: Sonya L. Hathaway, 58, South CR 400E, Warsaw. Hit a deer. Damage up to $10,000.
8:55 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, East Armstrong Road and EMS T26 Lane, Leesburg. Driver: Jessica L. Rodgers, 29, EMS T25 Lane, Leesburg. Rodgers’s vehicle collided with a utility pole. Damage up to $10,000.
8:13 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, US 30, west of East Van Ness Road, Warsaw. Driver: Thomas J. Shultz, 22, West CR 125N, Etna Green. Hit a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
6:41 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, West US 30 and North CR 875W, Etna Green. Driver: Lanydra A. Whitefield, 28, Hobson Road, Fort Wayne. Hit a deer. Damage up to $25,000.
11:02 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, South SR 13, east of East CR 500S, Pierceton. Driver: Dallas C. Leatherman, 62, North Lexington Drive, Columbia City. Leatherman’s vehicle struck a refrigerator that had fallen off a passing truck. Damage up to $2,500.
8:31 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, South County Farm Road, north of East CR 600S, Claypool. Driver: Leroy H. Miller, 41, Jay Street, Topeka. Hit a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
6:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, East Armstrong Road and North First Street, Warsaw. Driver: Tracie L. Deardorff, 29, EMS T25 Lane, Leesburg. Hit a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
6:16 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, Wet SR 14, west of South CR 100W, Silver Lake, Driver: Kathleen J. Neal, 53, East CR 900N, North Manchester. Hit a deer. Damage up to $10,000.
4:37 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, North SR 15 and West Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Lesley K. Quinn, 62, Church Hill Downs Road, Warsaw, and Jeremy A. Siegel, 24, East Lincoln Street, Millersburg. Quinn’s vehicle collided with Siegel’s. Damage up to $25,000.
North Webster
Officers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accidents:
7:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, North Third Trail, south of Epworth Forest Road, North Webster. Driver: Keith A. Gunkel, 40, North Third Trial, North Webster. Gunkel’s vehicle backed into a parked vehicle registered to Ronald D. Shortt, EMS B42 Lane, Leesburg. Damage up to $1,000.
2:01 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, East CR 500N and North SR 13, North Webster. Drivers: Philip Bohannon, 31, North White Tail Trail, Milford, and Sandra S. Screeton, 62, Reservation Drive, Fort Wayne. Bohannon’s vehicle rear-ended Screeton’s. Damage up to $1,000.
9:43 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, North Main Street, south of West Crystal Flash Road, North Webster. Driver: Mark R. Graham, Jr., 18, EMS W23C Lane, North Webster. Graham’s vehicle’s stability system activated and the vehicle went off of the road, striking a utility pole and a tree. Damage up to $10,000.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
2:13 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, 1170 Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Drivers: Luke R. Delp, 18, South Sandal Court, Warsaw, and Evelyn Duenes, 35, South Detroit Street, Warsaw. Delp’s vehicle backed in to Duenes’s. Damage up to $5,000.
9:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, North SR 13, south of East CR 150N, Warsaw. Drivers: Ty C. Legan, 29, Kuder Lane, Warsaw. Hit a deer. Damage up to $2,500.
11:05 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, SR 15 and Arthur Street. Drivers: John E. Miller, 61, West Van Buren Street, Leesburg; Jeffrey K. Dormire, 59, East High Street, Etna Green; and Gina L. Garza, 52, East Clark Street, Warsaw. Miller’s vehicle rear-ended Dormire’s which in turn rear-ended Garza’s. Damage up to $25,000.
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 219 S. Lake St., Warsaw. Driver: Peayton H. Warner, 17, West Center Street, Burket. Warner backed his vehicle into a parked vehicle registered to Juan M. Lozano, River Avenue, Warsaw. Damage up to $5,000.
5:17 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, US 30 and Commerce Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Michael P. Hanlin, 34, EMS C19C Lane, Warsaw, and Kyle J. Gilbertson, 42, South SR 9, Columbia City. Hanlin’s vehicle rear-ended Gilbertson’s. Damage up to $10,000.
10:25 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, 900 Provident Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Ferris E. Fisher, 83, South Walnut Street, Etna Green. Fisher ran off the road and his vehicle hit a tree. Damage up to $5,000.