News Release
MILFORD — A Leesburg man died in a traffic accident Wednesday afternoon in a collision on SR 15 south of CR 1350N and north of Milford.
57-year-old Michael W. Troup died after the Chevy Trail Blazer he was driving collided with an International Box Truck driven by 58-year-old Joel Machorro De Leon of Elkhart
The accident happened around 12:30 p.m., Wednesday.
Troup died at the scene, according to a news release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office.
De Leon was uninjured.
A 65-year-old passenger in Troup’s vehicle, Penny Coppes, OF Milford, was transported by Lutheran EMS to Lutheran Hospital in Warsaw for treatment of lacerations and pain.
The cause of the accident is undetermined at this time.
The crash remains under investigation.
