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A Warsaw man was killed early Friday morning when the motorcycle he was riding was hit head-on by a car.
According to a news release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, the fatal accident occurred on Ind. 15, approximately 192 feet south of Short Ridge Drive, in Wayne Township.
KCSO deputies and emergency personnel responded at 5:14 a.m. Friday to the scene and found a Buick Regal, driven by Haciel Juarez-Gutierrez, 19, Warsaw, and an Indian Roadmaster motorcycle, driven by Randy Schmucker, 64, Warsaw, involved in a head-on collision. Preliminary investigation determined the Buick was southbound on Ind. 15 and crossed the center line, hitting the Indian motorcycle, which was northbound on Ind. 15.
Schmucker was pronounced dead at the scene by Kosciusko County Coroner Tyler Huffer from injuries suffered in the crash.
Juarez-Gutierrez was not injured in the crash.
The KCSO was assisted at the scene by the Kosciusko County 911 Dispatch Center, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, Warsaw Police Department, Winona Lake Police Department, Lutheran EMS, Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office and Reichert & Knepp wrecker service.
The crash remains under investigation by the Kosciusko County FACT.
