WARSAW — A Warsaw man who was walking along North Detroit Street Saturday night was struck and critically injured.

The accident happened around 10 p.m. as the driver of a Chrysler, David Skerritt, 63, of Warsaw, had just turned east onto Fort Wayne Street from North Detroit Street when his vehicle struck Corey Rodocker, 58.

Rodocker had been walking north and crossing Fort Wayne Street at the time of the accident.

As officers arrived, they began to render aid to Rodocker, who was unconscious.

Rodocker was taken by EMS to a Fort Wayne hospital, where he remained in critical condition, according to a news release from Warsaw police issued early Tuesday afternoon.

No other details were available.

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WARSAW -- A 13-year-old girl was injured Sunday afternoon after she apparently walked into the path of a vehicle on Old road 30 Sunday afternoon.

The accident happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Old Road 30 just west of CR 100N in Warsaw, according to the Kosciusko County sheriff’s Office.

The driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee was westbound on Old 30 when the girl entered the roadway from the south side of the road, police said.

The girl was flown from the scene to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne for treatment of a right leg injury and possible head injury. The condition of the juvenile was unknown as of press time Sunday. Her name was not released.

The driver of the Jeep was taken by ambulance to Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital for a medical evaluation, according to KCSO.

That mishap was the second pedestrian accident reported in the past week in the Warsaw area. On Thursday morning, a man walking on SR 15 year West Levi Lee road suffered a minor injury when a side mirror of a pickup stuck his shoulder. 

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WARSAW -- A Warsaw man was injured after being hit by a pickup while walking on the side of the road on Ind. 15 near West Levi Lee Road Thursday.

According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department accident report, at approximately 7:10 a.m. Thursday, Araceli Martinez, 48, Sunset Drive, Winona Lake, was driving a 2009 pickup on Ind. 15 near West Levi Lee Road, heading to work.

She said she was following the flow of traffic when she hit a pedestrian, identified as Dustin J. Sieglinger, 39, East Center Street, Warsaw, on the right side of the road.

She immediately stopped and called 911. Martinez said she didn’t see Sieglinger walking on the side of the road.

Sieglinger said he was walking northbound on Ind. 15 near West Levi Lee Road when he was hit in the back of the head and left shoulder blade by the side mirror of the vehicle. He said he was not walking in the roadway and couldn’t believe he couldn’t be seen by Martinez as Sieglinger said he was wearing a bright orange coat.

Sieglinger was transported to Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital due to head and shoulder pain.

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