Two women were hospitalized Friday after a collision caused their vehicles to strike a nearby house. According to a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department crash report, Talisha E. Bambrough, 20, of Morgan, Utah, and her passenger, Meridien S. Handy, 19, of San Marcos, Calif., were traveling south on McKinley Street at approximately 2 p.m. Friday when they struck a vehicle traveling west on East Market Street driven by Peggy E. Ditmer, 84, of Winona Lake. The collision caused both vehicles to travel 25 feet and struck a third, parked vehicle and subsequently a house at 2228 E. Market St. The crash report indicated that there was damage to the northwest side of the house and to the foundation. Handy was treated by Multi-Township EMS and transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital, complaining of head and neck pain. Ditmer was airlifted to a Fort Wayne trauma center with an unstable chest wall. Warsaw Police Department investigated the accident. Damage was estimated at $25,000 to $50,000.
