NEW PARIS — Ernest Snider Jr., Walkerton, was pronounced deceased at the scene of a two-vehicle accident on US 6, west of CR 25, south of New Paris. The accident was at 10:42 a.m. today, Friday, Dec. 9. Elkhart County Sheriff’s Deputies report David Hatfield, 52, Kokomo, driver of a 2016 Freightliner semitractor/trailer, was westbound …read more.