A Warsaw man who jumped out of a moving vehicle in January has died. According to the Allen County Coroner’s Office, Jerry Lee Charles Belcher, 21, Warsaw, died at 11:27 a.m. Monday of complications from traumatic brain injury due to jumping from a moving vehicle. He died while in a Lutheran Hospital facility in Allen County. On Jan. 18, Belcher jumped from a moving pickup truck on CR 800W, just south of CR 850N, south of Nappanee, according to a previous Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department press release. When officers arrived at the scene, they immediately located Belcher, who was unconscious and suffering from extensive head injuries. Nappanee EMS immediately requested Med-Flight air ambulance to transport Belcher from the scene to South Bend Memorial Hospital. Belcher had been a passenger in a pickup truck driven by his father, Johnny L. Belcher, 41, Warsaw, according to the release. As they were traveling to work, the men engaged in a verbal argument that became intense. While traveling northbound on CR 800W, Jerry Belcher suddenly opened the front passenger door and jumped from the vehicle, according to the release. His father stopped the truck and went back to locate his son near the ditch. The incident was investigated by the Kosciusko County Fatal Alcohol Crash Team.
