Columbia City Teen Injured In Crash On 350NA 19-year-old man from Columbia City is in critical condition following an overnight crash Tuesday.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. Chris Francis said responders were called at 10:53 p.m. Tuesday to CR 350N, east of CR 925E, in Tippecanoe Township after obtaining location information from a Snapchat video.
Easton Adkins, 19, Columbia City, was reportedly attempting to locate an acquaintance near Durham Lake around 10:30 p.m., when witnesses informed deputies they lost telephone contact with Adkins and began to search the area.
Francis said the initial results of the ongoing investigation indicate Adkins was traveling east on CR 350N, east of CR 925E, when the 2008 Ford Fusion he was driving left the roadway and collided with a tree near the public access entrance in the Pisgah Marsh Nongame Area.
Adkins was airlifted from the scene in critical condition by Parkview Samaritan Ambulance.
Assisting KCSO were the North Webster Police Department, North Webster/Tippecanoe Township Fire Department and Parkview Samaritan Air Ambulance.
