Staff Report
WARSAW — A Goshen woman accused of hitting a horse-drawn buggy Friday night in Kosciusko County before fleeing the scene is believed to have been well over the legal limit for alcohol.
24-year-old Jakayla Miracle was behind the wheel in an accident shortly after 7 p.m. on SR 19 near CR 1050N, according to a report by the Times-Union.
Miracle struck the buggy from behind, police believe.
Minutes later, dispatch received a call about a vehicle driving east in the westbound lanes of US 30 near County Road 800W.
A Warsaw police officer then conducted a traffic stop near CR 350W.
Miracle denied being involved in the accident and attributed the heavy front-end damage on her vehicle to a deer accident.
Four people were injured, including 41-year-old Lori Miller of Napanee, who was in the intensive care unit at Memorial Hospital in South Bend with a brain bleed and other injuries.
Miracle was being held at the Kosciusko County Jail on a $20,000 bond and is facing several charges.
Court documents said Miracle’s preliminary alcohol test results were 0.14.
Polie also found alcoholic beverages inside her vehicle.
