One Warsaw man was critically injured in a two-vehicle accident Friday.
The Kosciusko County crash investigation team was called to the scene of the crash Friday afternoon that involved a mo-ped and a vehicle whose driver fled the scene.
Warsaw Police Dept. officers responded to a 3:55 p.m. 911 call of a vehicle crash at the intersection of Center Street and Park Avenue.
Emergency responders located the driver of the mo-ped in critical condition, but witnesses stated that the other vehicle's driver fled the scene.
The driver of the mo-ped, Sean Ransome, 1513 E. Center St., Warsaw, was immediately transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital and then airlifted to Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, with multiple injuries to his head, torso and limbs.
The crash investigation team located the alleged 17-year-old male driver in the 900 block of North Park Avenue a short time after at his residence.
The 17-year-old, whose name is currently being withheld, had been southbound on Park Avenue and turned into the path of Ransome, who had been westbound on Center Street on his mo-ped.
The juvenile was released to the custody of his parents as officers will forward their investigation to the Kosciusko County Prosecutor's Office for review of possible charges.
Ransome was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash and legal blood draw results from both drivers are pending as the investigation continues. Ransome was still in very critical condition at press time.Besides the crash investigation team, Warsaw Fire Department, Multi-Township EMS, Indiana State Police and the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department also assisted at the scene.
