Kosciusko County Fatal Alcohol Crash Team responded with the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department to a single vehicle crash early today at 1:25 a.m. on CR 800W near the intersection of CR 400N.
Emergency responders located the driver, Jorge A. Medina, 33, Warsaw, inside his silver Mercury that was on its top in a cornfield. Medina was airlifted from the scene by the Samaritan helicopter and taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, in serious condition with a head injury.
FACT officers stated that it appeared that Medina had been traveling southbound on CR 800W when for an unknown reason, left the east side of the roadway rolling over into the field.
Medina was still listed in serious condition early this morning. Officers stated that the investigation is still pending as they await alcohol and drug blood test from Parkview.
KCSD Sgt. Rick Shepherd reported there a passenger, Raymond Gonzales, 25, Warsaw, had left the scene and returned home at which point he called 911. He was checked out by paramedics and refused treatment from his home. It is unknown how long Medina had actually been inside the crashed vehicle or the actual time of the crash.
KCSD and FACT officers were assisted at the scene by the Atwood Fire Department and Multi-Township EMS.
