Warsaw Woman In Critical Condition After Thursday Crash
Warsaw Woman In Critical Condition After Thursday Crash
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Warsaw Woman In Critical Condition After Thursday CrashA Warsaw woman is in critical condition after a car-semi crash near Claypool Thursday.
Ella Taylor, 59, Warsaw, was listed in critical condition at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne this morning, according to a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department news release.
The two-vehicle crash occurred on Ind. 15 at CR 550S near Claypool.
Sheriff’s deputies and emergency personnel responded to the scene at approximately 6:15 p.m. The release states the crash involved a northbound 2013 silver Toyota traveling in the southbound lane, causing a head-on collision. The southbound vehicle was a 2018 red Freightliner with a tanker trailer.
Taylor, the operator of the Toyota, was taken to Lutheran Hospital for treatment of her injuries, which were extensive extremity injuries, according to police.
The operator of the 2018 Freightliner was not injured. He was identified as Markus Dean, 47, Lake Village.
The crash is under investigation.
The Kosciusko County Fatal Team was assisted at the scene by Claypool Fire Department, Warsaw Fire Department, Lutheran EMS, Lutheran Air Ambulance, the Winona Lake Police Department and KCSD.
