INCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 12:03 p.m., 600 block of South Marion Street. Caller reported a stray cat got into her car and turned on her hazard lights and now she can’t get the hazard lights to turn off. Officer responded and turned off the hazard lights.
County:
Thursday, 8:56 p.m., 1100S at 600W. Five cows in the road. Deputy dispatched and located the owner to round up the cows.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Thursday, 2:46 p.m., Main Street at Dustman Road. Marty K. Grover, 65, Bluffton, was southbound on Main Street in a 2000 Chevrolet S-10. He attempted to change lanes and collided with a 2016 BMW 328 driven by Victoria C. Stech, 29, Fort Wayne, in the adjacent lane. Damage exceeded $1,000.
County:
Wednesday, 9 p.m., Norwell High School, 1100E-U.S. 224. Beverly J. Jolloff, 69, Bluffton, backed a 2020 GMC Sierra pickup truck into a parked 2013 GMC Acadia that had been driven by Rochelle K. Neeley, 33, Ossian. Damage exceeded $2,500.
Thursday, 3:45 p.m., Ind. 218 west of 200W. Christopher a Brooks, 36, Montpelier, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt west on Ind. 218 when an oncoming vehicle slid into his lane. To avoid a crash with the vehicle, he swerved and because of the icy road conditions he lost control of his Cobalt and struck a church warning sign. Damage exceeded $2,500.
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Ind. 116 at 100E in Murray. Eric K. Matlock, 29, Bluffton, was driving a 2004 Dodge Ram northwest on Ind. 116. As he attempted to negotiate the curve at 100E, the pickup truck slid out of control on the icy roadway and crashed into two road signs. Damage exceeded $2,500.
Thursday, 5:34 p.m., Ind. 1 at 500N. Jake A. Kaehr, 18, rural Decatur, was driving south on Ind. 1 when he attempted a right turn onto 500N. The 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix he was driving slid on the icy roadway and crashed into the side of a 2015 Ford pickup truck stopped facing east at the intersection, that was driven by Michael Meredith, 46, rural Craigville. Damage exceeded $5,000.
Ossian:
Friday, 6:44 a.m., Jefferson Street at Davis Road. Heather Spaw, 23, New Haven, was driving a black Kia south on Jefferson Street when she tried to come to a stop for traffic that had lined up behind a vehicle waiting for oncoming traffic to clear to make a left turn onto Davis Road. Spaw could not get stopped because of the icy roadway and slid into the back of a large Ford passenger van driven by Deyonna Jefferson, 30, Fort Wayne, that was headed to Berne Apparel. A passenger in the van, Timothy Haney, 38, Fort Wayne, was injured in the crash and was taken by Wells County EMS to Lutheran Hospital. Spaw suffered from chest pain but declined transport to the hospital. Total damage exceeded $5,000. Ossian Fire Rescue was also dispatched to the scene.
