INCIDENTS
County:
Thursday, 9:40 p.m., Ind. 3 between 1000S and 1100S. Tree blown down in the roadway. Sheriff’s deputy responded and was able to remove the tree.
Friday, 4:14 a.m., 500E south of 1200N. Report of men in a white pickup truck and a green sport utility vehicle going door-to-door. One of the men asked a resident for gas. The vehicles then left driving east on 1100N. Sheriff’s deputy checked the area but saw no vehicles matching the description.
Ossian:
Thursday, 10:20 p.m., Ind. 1 north of the Ossian town limits. Officer attempted to pull over someone riding a black cafe-style motorcycle after clocking the motorcycle at 89 mph-55 zone. The officer tacked it into Allen County but then terminated the pursuit. Allen County Sheriff’s Department notified of the speeding biker.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Thursday, 5:05 p.m., Market Street at Marion Street. Bridgette E. Ewart, 37, Bluffton, was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck east on Market Street. James A. Jamison, 69, Bluffton, was driving a 2011 Toyota Camry west on Market Street. Ewart made a wide birth for the vehicles parked in the angled parking spaces on Market and crossed the center line. Her Silverado sideswiped Jamison’s Camry causing more than $2,500 damage.
County:
Thursday, 5:01 p.m., Ind. 1 at 350S. Jason L. Stone, 45, Portland was northbound on Ind. 1 in his 2008 Ford Mustang. The hood latch on the car kept popping loose so he pulled over to the side of the road to try and fix it. Ella L. Doll, 18, rural Dunkirk, was driving a 2009 Honda Civic north on Ind. 1 when she reached down to change the song on her phone, drove off the road and slammed into the back Mustang causing more than $2,500 damage to the two vehicles. Bluffton Fire Rescue and Wells County EMS were initially dispatched to the crash because the passerby who phoned in the crash was not sure if anyone was trapped or injured. No one was injured so both rescue and the ambulance were advised to disregard.
Friday, 7:24 a.m., 300W south of 1100S. Brandon A. Logan, 42, Albany, hit a deer with his 2018 Chevrolet Cruze. Damage to the car exceeded $2,500.
FIRE RUNS
Thursday, 3:32 p.m., Lot 3 in Lancaster Estates mobile home park, 1211 W. Lancaster St. Caller believed mobile home hit by lightning but there did not appear to be any fire or smoke. Bluffton Fire Department dispatched but did not find any evidence that the structure had been hit by lightning.
