Pedestrian Hit By CarA pedestrian was involved in an accident after trying to prevent a driver from leaving a NIPSCO substation Monday evening.
According to a Warsaw Police Department report, at 5:41 p.m., Mitchell A. Dawson, 37, West CR 100N, Warsaw, stated he was backing out of the east/west alleyway from a NIPSCO substation at 303 N. Indiana St., Warsaw. He said he was reversing eastbound toward Canal Street, where James. R. Carpenter, 31, East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw, was standing behind his vehicle, preventing him from leaving. Dawson said Carpenter threw himself onto Dawson’s car.
Carpenter stated he was standing behind Dawson’s car, trying to prevent Dawson from leaving. Carpenter stated Dawson reversed multiple times and hit him multiple times.
Carpenter complained of abdominal/pelvic pain. He initially declined EMS, but later called EMS and was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital.
The police report did not indicate why Carpenter was trying to prevent Dawson from leaving.
