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One person was injured Sunday afternoon when a car and SUV collided in Warsaw because of the wintry weather conditions.
Margaret A. Mason, 93, Dausha Court, Warsaw, complained of chest pain. She was treated on the scene for her injuries and was taken by Lutheran EMS to Kosciusko Community Hospital. She was a passenger in a 2016 Ford Escape driven by Virginia Fouts, 76, West CR 200S, Warsaw.
The accident occurred at 4:41 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of South County Farm Road and Park Ridge Drive, Warsaw, according to a Warsaw Police Department accident report.
Reynoldo R. Martinez, 22, Nuthatch Drive, Warsaw, said he was driving east in his 2014 Ford Fusion on Park Ridge Drive. He attempted to stop at the intersection of South County Farm Road, but slid on the snow covering the road. The Fusion slid through the intersection, passing the stop sign, and hit Fouts’ SUV.
Martinez’s car sustained damage to the driver’s side front wheel, front fender and bumper area. It was towed due to the damage sustained in the crash.
Fouts told the investigating officer that she was traveling south on South County Farm Road. The Fusion slid through the stop sign on Park Ridge Road and hit her vehicle. Fouts’ SUV sustained damage to the front bumper, grill and headlights and had to be towed.
Damage was estimated at $10,000 to $25,000.
