WARSAW — Reconstruction of Anchorage Road in Warsaw will begin in earnest today with the first of many partial road closings that will continue into the fall.

The project will stretch from US 30 to SR 15.

The first segment to close will be from the railroad track to the east side of Kimal Drive. 

Area residents and businesses have been given detailed instructions on how to access all nearby properties.

Residents in the closed area will have access to their homes at all times from the east and US 30. 

Trash and recycling routes will remain on their normal scheduled days.  Trash pickup may occur earlier than normal, so all cans should be placed at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on trash and recycle pick-up days.  

A representative from the contractor, Structurepoint, will contact these residents in the coming days.

Unless visiting a business or residence on Anchorage Road, all motorists should use State Road 15 and US 30 to detour the closure. 

Reconstruction will result in an additional third lane, sidewalks and improved utilities.

The project is anticipated to conclude in late fall.

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WARSAW — One of two people injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday in Warsaw has died.

Warsaw Police isssued the following statement Wednesday.

According to the Allen County Coroner, Heather Hildabridle, 33, of Mentone, died Monday as a result of trauma sustained in the motorcycle crash.

The driver of the motorcycle suffered a leg injury.  Both were flown to a Fort Wayne hospital.

The crash happened on North Detroit Street.

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WARSAW — Two people were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday night in Warsaw.

The motorcycle was headed south on SR 15 in Warsaw around 7:30 Sunday when the driver, 36-year-old Dustin Cloud, of Syracuse, said he lost control of the motorcycle on loose gravel, ejecting the driver and passenger, according to a news release from Warsaw Police.

The accident happened north of CR 300N.

Cloud suffered a lower leg injury, and the passenger, 33-year-old Heather Hildabridle, of Mentone, had injuries across her entire body, the news release said.

Due to the severity of injuries, both were airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital.

The accident shut down both lanes of the road near the Texas Roadhouse for more than an hour.

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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.

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Starting on or after March 31, crews will begin widening S.R. 15 to the north and south of C.R. 18 to allow for dedicated left turn lanes from S.R. 15 to C.R. 18.

Construction will be done in two phases. Crews will start work on the west side of S.R. 15. Once complete, the east side of S.R. 15 will be worked on. Construction is expected to last until the beginning of July. All work is weather-dependent and schedules are subject to change.

Each C.R. 18 approach with S.R. 15 will be closed when crews are working on each respective side.

Drivers needing to access S.R. 15 will need to seek an alternate route. Two lanes of S.R. 15 will remain open during construction.

INDOT encourages drivers to consider safety for all by slowing down, using extra caution and driving distraction-free when travelling in and around all work zones.

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WARSAW — Traffic accident reconstruction can occasionally be highly complicated for police investigators and that was the case when officers began investigating the six-vehicle accident on SR 15 on Tuesday that seriously injured two people.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office released a dizzying recap on Wednesday of the chain reaction accident involving a car, a semi-tractor-trailer, two SUVs, and two pickup trucks.

One officer described the narrative to reporters as a "doozy."

The narrative explained the following: Vehicle #1 was southbound on SR 15 and crossed the centerline, colliding with vehicle #2 and vehicle #4. Vehicle #3 attempted to avoid the collision but collided with vehicle #4. Vehicle #3 (the truck) overturned and then struck vehicle #6. The driver of Vehicle #5 saw the collision and began to brake to avoid hitting Vehicle #4 but was struck by Vehicle #6 after Vehicle #6 was struck by Vehicle #3. That impact pushed vehicle #6 into vehicle #5.

Among those injured were 28-year-old Larry L. Scripter, of Warsaw, and 44-year-old Lilia Martinez, of Claypool, both of whom suffered internal injuries and and were hospitalized.

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WARSAW — Several people were injured Tuesday in a six-vehicle accident on SR 15 south of Southwood Drive Tuesday afternoon.

The cause of the crash, which occurred at about 1:58 p.m., was still under investigation as of about 2:55 p.m., Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. Doug Light said.

“It’s kind of a chain reaction accident,” he said.

One semi-tractor trailer full of corn was overturned. There also was one passenger car, two pickup trucks and two SUVs involved. 

“At this time, one patient has been flown. One has been ground transported to Fort Wayne, and that’s really the extent of the injuries,” Light said, noting those were the injuries that he knew of at the time.

No further details on those involved were available.

With the semi overturned and blocking both lanes of traffic, as well as the other vehicles on the road, Light expected the investigation and cleanup of the scene to take a while. Indiana 15 was reopened around 6:30 p.m.

Tyce Rooney, the driver of the 2003 Peterbilt semi-tractor trailer, said he was hauling grain to North Manchester.

“The white Lincoln went into oncoming traffic and hit the red Ford, and the red Ford went toward me and I hit them,” he recalled.

The collision caused the semi to tip over. He said he didn’t know how the other three vehicles got involved in the pileup.

Rooney was shaken up and suffered a possible concussion.

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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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WARSAW — The driver of a semi-tractor-trailer truck that veered off a four-lane highway and struck the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Warsaw has died.

The accident on SR 15 on Warsaw's north side happened around 2:54  p.m. Thursday before the business opened for business.

An initial investigation, coupled with eyewitness accounts, determined that the semi, a grain hauler, was southbound on SR 15 through 350N, according to a news release from the Warsaw Police Department.

The driver, identified as Lloyd Dale Howard, 77 , of Culver, was observed slumped over at the wheel as the semi-tractor-trailer veered to the right off the road and into a deep ditch before it crossed over an access road and into the restaurant parking lot.

CPR was administered to Howard, but he was pronounced dead by Kosciusko County Coroner Tyler Huffer at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital a short time later.

Before striking the restaurant, the truck hit a NIPSCO electrical box, which caused transformer oil to leak out in the parking lot.

No employees in the store were injured.

The building sustained structural damage and an electrical box in the parking lot was damaged as the truck headed toward the building.

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WARSAW — Utility relocation — the first phase of work for the widening of Anchorage Road that connects SR 15 to US 30 — is set to begin within days.

[caption id="attachment_90295" align="aligncenter" width="885"] Motorists head east on Anchorage Road Wednesday afternoon. Much of the road will be widened, but first, a lot of utilities will have to be moved. News Now Warsaw photo by Dan Spalding.[/caption]

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