Three Hurt In Crash Near ClaypoolCLAYPOOL – Three people were injured and had to be taken to a Fort Wayne hospital after a one-car accident Monday morning.
Tiranda M. Stevens, 21, of 241 S. Robinson Lake Road, Pierceton, had bruising to the upper leg and hip. Back-seat passenger Kaden Fairchild, 4, same address, complained of pain to the neck. Both were taken by Lutheran Medic to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Ashley N. Blakenship, 33, of 12600 S. Ind. 13, North Manchester, who was the front-seat passenger, was ejected from the car and complained of pain to the head. She was taken by air ambulance to Lutheran Hospital.
All three were discharged as of this morning, according to a Lutheran Hospital spokesman.
The accident happened at about 6:57 a.m. Monday on South County Farm Road, 500 feet south of East CR 800S, Claypool, according to a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department accident report.
Stevens was driving north in a 2008 gray Chevrolet Impala on County Farm Road, and crested the hill at CR 800S. The report states that is appears from skid marks that the car started sliding sideways and left the east side of the road. It went through a wire fence belonging to Ron Metzger, East CR 800S, Claypool; into a field and then rolled sideways several times.
