Two Injured In Early Morning Thursday CrashAn early-morning crash Thursday resulted in traffic being rerouted on Ind. 15 and a North Manchester woman being flown to a Fort Wayne hospital.
First responders were called at 5:33 a.m. Thursday to Ind. 15, 100 feet north of CR 550S in Clay Township, in reference to a head-on collision.
According to Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. Chris Francis, Kathleen Losee, 28, Nappanee, was traveling south on Ind. 15 driving a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier, when, for an unknown reason, Losee crossed the center line and hit a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado head on. The pickup was traveling north on Ind. 15 and driven by Donald Wampler, 46, North Manchester. Amy Wampler, 43, North Manchester was a front-seat passenger in the pickup.
Losee was taken by ambulance to Kosciusko Community Hospital for minor bleeding; Donald had no injuries; and Amy had to be extricated from the vehicle by fire crews and was then flown by Samaritan Air Ambulance to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne for lower leg injuries.
The area of Ind. 15 was shut down to traffic briefly while crews worked the scene.
Responding agencies included KCSO, Silver Lake and Claypool fire departments, Lutheran EMS, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, Lutheran Air Ambulance (disregarded) and Parkview Samarian Air Ambulance.
