A county deputy suffered a head injury in a Monday afternoon accident on U.S. 30 in Warsaw.
Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Deputy Derek A. Kreider, 38, Milford, was responding to a call of shots fired at Brouwer's Furniture Store on East Center Street around 1:55 p.m. Monday when the accident occurred.
As Kreider was crossing the intersection of U.S. 30 and Center Street, his patrol car was struck by a SUV driven by Eugene W. Myers, 38, Columbia City.
According to an Indiana State Police report, Myers failed to yield after Kreider activated his emergency lights.
Myers' vehicle went into a ditch off U.S. 30. He complained of pain to his body.
Kreider needed to be cut out of his vehicle, and was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Kreider later was discharged from KCH.
Kreider is a school resource officer for Wawasee High School, Syracuse.
As for the shots fired at Brouwer's, according to police someone was shooting at an animal and the shots ricocheted off the Brouwer's building.
Indiana State Police, Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, Warsaw Police Department, Warsaw Fire Department and Multi-Township EMS all responded to the scene.
The accident caused westbound traffic on U.S. 30 to be backed up from the intersection of U.S. 30 and Center Street to the intersection of U.S. 30 and CR 250E.
