ETNA GREEN – Three area residents were injured after one driver failed to stop at a stop sign. According to a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department crash report, police responded to the two-vehicle collision around 5:45 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of North CR 800W and West CR 640N, Etna Green. The report states a vehicle, driven by Daniel L. Tucker, 19, West CR 300N, Etna Green, was traveling west on CR 640N and failed to stop at a stop sign, driving through the intersection and colliding with a second vehicle driven by Jose L. Barbosa, 37, Ranch Road, Warsaw. Barbosa told police he tried to stop but was unable to avoid the collision. Tucker told officers he did not remember what happened and lost consciousness. He was transported via EMS to Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, to be treated for head and neck pain. Barbosa complained of pain to his eyes and was checked by medics before signing off further treatment. Tucker’s passenger, Tyler D. Ameigh, 20, South Main Street, Bourbon, also complained of pain to his eyes and was transported via EMS to Kosciusko Community Hospital for treatment. Damage from the accident was estimated between $5,000 and $10,000.
