News Release
WARSAW — A motorcyclist died in a crash early Friday morning just south of Warsaw.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel responded Friday
morning, at 5:14 a.m., to a two-vehicle accident on State Road 15 south of Short Ridge Dr.
Emergency personnel arrived on scene and located a Buick Regal driven by Haciel Juarez-Gutierrez and an Indian Roadmaster motorcycle driven by Randy Schmucker, 64, Warsaw, involved in a head-on collision.
Preliminary investigation determined the Buick was southbound on State Road 15 and crossed the center line, striking the motorcycle, which was northbound on State Road 15.
Schmucker was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Kosciusko County Coroner, Tyler Huffer, from injuries sustained in the crash.
Haciel Juarez-Gutierrez, 19, Warsaw, was not injured in the crash.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Kosciusko County
County 911 Dispatch Center, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, Warsaw Police Department, Winona Lake Police Department, Lutheran EMS, Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office, and Reichert & Knepp Wrecker Service.
The crash remains under investigation by the Kosciusko County FACT Team.
