An accident involving a pregnant women along Ind. 25 was one of many accidents that took place in Kosciusko County Tuesday.
At 4:27 p.m. on Ind. 25, 250 feet south of CR 250S, Warsaw, a southbound car driven by Teresa L. Dobbs, 42, North Morgan Street, Mentone, collided with a northbound pickup driven by Russell D. Hart, 75, North Franklin Street, Mentone.According to an accident report at the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, Dobbs allegedly lost control of her vehicle due to the snowy road conditions and collided with Hart's pickup.
Nichole Anderson, 18, North Morgan Street, Mentone, and a passenger in Dobbs' vehicle, complained of abdominal pain when paramedics arrived. Anderson advised she was eight months pregnant and that her water broke.
According to an official with Kosciusko Community Hospital, where Anderson was transported, there was no record of Anderson being admitted to the hospital.
Dobbs complained of chest pain and had to be cut out of her vehicle by the Warsaw Fire Department.
Hart complained of neck pain.
Jason Stoups, 26, North Morgan Street, another passenger in Dobbs' vehicle, complained of leg pain.
Stoups, Hart and Dobbs were treated at KCH and released.
The estimated damage of the accident was between $5,000 and $10,00.
At 2:35 p.m., KCSD responded to a call of a cattle truck that tipped over near the intersection of Ind. 25 and CR 600W.
No injuries were reported from that accident though Ind. 25 was closed for a time following the accident.
A Leesburg woman avoided injury when her car went off the road and into a creek.
Linda Garey, 66, East CR 575N, was traveling along South Union Street in Warsaw when she told police she tried to avoid a UPS truck and her vehicle left the roadway.
Garey was uninjured in the accident.
In total, 15 accidents were fielded by both KCSD and the Warsaw Police Department.
