News Release

ELKHART — A Nappanee man died in a three-vehicle crash on US 20 Thursday afternoon.

The accident happened around 2:55 p.m. on US 20 east of CR 13.

Nenad Stankovic, 60, Chicago, Ill., was operating a Volvo semitractor/trailer on US 20 when it rear-ended a Jeep Liberty driven by Jerry Lamb, 64, of Nappane.

The crash impact pushed Lamb's vehicle into the back of a  Ford F550, operated by David Wesley Pilditch, 47, New Haven, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office.

Lamb died from injuries in the accident.

A passenger in his vehicle, Glenn Freel, 54, Nappanee, suffered a laceration and was taken to a South Bend hospital.

Neither Stankovic nor Pilditch was injured.

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PERU — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle (ORV) accident that injured a teen Sunday afternoon in Peru.

Miami County Dispatch received a 911 call at 3:30 p.m. regarding the incident, which occurred in the 2000 block of North Country Club Road.

Preliminary investigation indicates that a side-by-side ORV was being operated by a 10-year-old in a field on private property when the accident occurred.

A 13-year-old female passenger in the ORV was looking over the door toward the ground when she fell from the machine and was struck by it.

The passenger was conscious when first responders arrived and was airlifted to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis with head injuries.

Conservation officers urge operators and passengers of ORVs to follow all manufacturers’ safety recommendations and properly use all safety equipment, including seat belts and helmets.

For information on ORV laws, safety courses and safe operating procedures, please visit offroad-ed.com/in/handbook/ and on.IN.gov/offroading. The online ORV safety course can be studied at a personal pace. Individuals who successfully complete the test are issued a lifetime certification card.

Units assisting Indiana Conservation Officers at the scene include Lutheran Air, Dukes Emergency Medical Services, Peru Fire Department, Miami County Sheriff’s Department, and Indiana State Police.

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MARSHALL COUNTY — A serious crash injured two people on Monday. The collision occurred around 3 p.m. near SR 106 and Miami Trail, west of Bremen.

Indiana State Police reported that someone driving a minivan ran a stop sign and collided with a motorcycle.

Both the motorcyclist and the minivan driver were taken to the hospital.

The crash threw the 61-year-old man off his bike, and emergency responders later flew him to another hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.

Police say that the person driving the motorcycle was not wearing a helmet.

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WARSAW — State Road 15 South near CR 200S was closed after a multi-vehicle accident shortly after 3 p.m. today.

A truck hauling grain flipped and lost his load and came to rest blocking both lanes.

The truck driver was apparently attempting to avoid an accident involving four vehicles when the driver lost control.

No further details were immediately available.

News Now Warsaw photos below by Chris Cage.

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NORTH MANCHESTER — A North Manchester woman was killed Friday in a multiple-vehicle crash southwest of North Manchester in Wabash County.

At about 12:45 p.m. Friday, Wabash Central Dispatch received several 911 calls regarding a crash involving multiple vehicles on Ind. 13 at the intersection of CR 1100N, according to a Wabash County Sheriff’s Office news release.

The preliminary investigation established that a full-sized pickup, traveling south on Ind. 13, was stopped at the intersection of CR 1100N, waiting for northbound traffic to clear the intersection, so that it could make a left (eastbound) turn onto CR 1100N. The pickup successfully turned east and was not involved in the collision.

Gregory Smith, operating vehicle 5, was traveling south on Ind. 13 and was slowing/stopped behind the full-sized pickup, the release states.

Drivers included:

Katherine McBride, operating vehicle 4, was traveling south on Ind. 13 and was slowing/stopped behind vehicle 5.

Jon Anderson, operating vehicle 3, was traveling south on Ind. 13 and was slowing/stopped behind vehicle 4.

Erica Mabery, operating vehicle 2, was traveling south on Ind. 13 and was slowing/stopped behind vehicle 3.

Brock Casper, operating vehicle 1, was traveling south on Ind. 13, approaching the intersection of CR 1100N.

Casper hit the rear of Mabery’s vehicle, resulting in a chain reaction crash involving vehicles 3, 4, 5 and 6. Vehicle 6 was facing west on CR 1100N, waiting to make a turn onto Ind. 13.

Mabery was severely injured during the crash and taken to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She later was declared dead.

No other serious injuries were reported.

The crash remains under investigation, the release states.

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WARSAW — Police are investigating a critical injury crash in the area of N. SR 13 and Executive Drive in Syracuse.

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel responded at 6:09 p.m. Friday to a motorcycle accident involving a pick-up truck on North SR 13 at the intersection of Executive Drive.

Preliminary investigation determined a 2012 Harley Davidson motorcycle was
southbound on SR 13 approaching Executive Drive when a 2023 Dodge Ram on
Executive Drive turned north on SR 13, failing to yield to the motorcycle.

Denny Koselke, 54, Syracuse, was the driver of the Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Koselke was thrown from his motorcycle after the collision and was airlifted
to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne for treatment of his injuries. He was listed in
stable but critical condition.

Jack Wright, 65, Leesburg, was the driver of the Dodge Ram truck and was
treated at the scene by Syracuse EMS.

Assisting at the scene was the Syracuse Police Department, Syracuse Fire and
EMS, North Webster EMS, Department of Natural Resources, Lutheran Air, and
Reichert & Knepp Wrecker Service.

The accident remains under investigation by the KSCO FACT team.

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WARSAW — Two people were injured in an accident Friday night near Syracuse.

The one-vehicle accident happened shortly before 6 p.m. near the intersection of CR 1000N
and CR 450E, according to a news release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office.

A Trailblazer was traveling west on CR 1000N near CR 450E when it left the north side of the roadway for an unknown reason and traveled through a field. The Trailblazer then went across CR 450 E and continued through a field.

The Trailblazer rolled several times and came to rest off the south side of the road.

The driver, Alisha Rowe, 38, Nappanee, and a nine-year-old boy were ejected from the vehicle.

Rowe was flown from the scene to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, and the boy was transported by EMS to Lutheran Hospital.

Both patients were suffering from internal injuries.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted on the scene by the Kosciusko County Fatal Team, Syracuse Police Department, Syracuse Fire and EMS Department, MedFlight Air Ambulance and Kosciusko County Highway Department.

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PIERCETON -- One person is dead following an early morning accident Saturday near Pierceton.

The accident was reported at 5:33 a.m. Saturday after a white 2023 Nissan traveling east on U.S. 30 near Van Ness Road slammed into the back of a semi tractor-trailer, according to a news release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department.

A passenger in the car, Amy R. Hall, 39, of Warsaw, died at the scene.

The driver of the car, Joshua E. Hall, 41, Warsaw, sustained a head injury and was taken to Lutheran Hospital Fort Wayne.

The car sustained extensive front-end and passenger-side damage.

The truck was operated by Rodney T. White, 49, of Fort Wayne. He was uninjured. 

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the scene by the Winona Lake Police Department, Pierceton Fire Department, Lutheran EMS, and the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office.

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ATWOOD -- A utility pole was snapped as a result of the accident shortly after 5 p.m. at the intersection of CR 875W and Old Road 30.

The extent of injuries -- if any -- was not immediately known.

The accident south of U.S. 30 involved a Chevrolet Traverse, a GMC Acadia and a Silverado pickup truck, which slammed into the pole.

Further details were not available.

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