Pierceton Teen Struck By Car
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
PIERCETON - A teen-ager is in stable condition at Kosciusko Community Hospital after being struck by a car Monday. The driver of the vehicle was jailed after the incident.
According to Pierceton police, Travis L. Sutherlin, 18, of Pierceton, was walking along Mill Street when a car driven by Jason Ryan Coleman, 20, of 3104 Wooster Road, Winona Lake, passed him.
Coleman later told police that he and a friend were traveling on Mill Street en route to Regency Point Estates when they saw Sutherlin and decided to offer him a ride. Coleman backed up too fast, he told police, and the front end of his vehicle began to sway. He then lost control of the car and struck Sutherlin.
Immediately after striking Sutherlin, Coleman put the injured teen into the back of his car and took him to KCH for treatment. When police attempted to stop Coleman for questioning as he left KCH, Coleman reportedly fled along Provident Court and out to U.S. 30 before stopping for a Warsaw police officer who was pursuing him.
Coleman was taken into custody at Springhill Road. He reportedly told police that he fled because he was driving without a license. He was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on a charge of resisting or fleeing law enforcement. Bond was set at $250.
The accident remains under investigation by the Pierceton Police Department. [[In-content Ad]]
PIERCETON - A teen-ager is in stable condition at Kosciusko Community Hospital after being struck by a car Monday. The driver of the vehicle was jailed after the incident.
According to Pierceton police, Travis L. Sutherlin, 18, of Pierceton, was walking along Mill Street when a car driven by Jason Ryan Coleman, 20, of 3104 Wooster Road, Winona Lake, passed him.
Coleman later told police that he and a friend were traveling on Mill Street en route to Regency Point Estates when they saw Sutherlin and decided to offer him a ride. Coleman backed up too fast, he told police, and the front end of his vehicle began to sway. He then lost control of the car and struck Sutherlin.
Immediately after striking Sutherlin, Coleman put the injured teen into the back of his car and took him to KCH for treatment. When police attempted to stop Coleman for questioning as he left KCH, Coleman reportedly fled along Provident Court and out to U.S. 30 before stopping for a Warsaw police officer who was pursuing him.
Coleman was taken into custody at Springhill Road. He reportedly told police that he fled because he was driving without a license. He was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on a charge of resisting or fleeing law enforcement. Bond was set at $250.
The accident remains under investigation by the Pierceton Police Department. [[In-content Ad]]