One Transported With Minor Injuries After Accident In Syracuse
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
SYRACUSE – A female passenger was transported to Goshen Hospital Monday night after the car she was in hit a tree stump. According to an accident report from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, the accident occurred at 10:13 p.m. at CR 1000E just south of CR 1350N. Passenger Trina L. Hamrick, 39, North Fourth of July Avenue, Syracuse, was transported by EMS to Goshen Hospital with stomach pain. Driver Paul F. Meredith, 37, North Fourth of July Avenue, Syracuse, swerved to miss a deer and hit a tree stump. Meredith said that he was traveling south on CR 1000E, just south of CR 1350N, when a deer entered the roadway. Meredith said he attempted to slow the vehicle down by downshifting and breaking and began to loose control as he was avoiding the deer. He lost control and left the roadway on the east side of the road, colliding with a tree stump. There was damage to the front of the vehicle. Both driver and passenger advised that they were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident. Damage was estimated at $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD and Syracuse Police Department investigated.
