Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021

Deer hit

Residents of Jay and Randolph counties were both involved in deer-related accidents Wednesday.

Roberta S. Taylor, 38, Bryant, was eastbound on Indiana 1 near county road 200 South at 8:07 p.m. when a deer ran in front of her 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan. Damage was estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.

Damage was estimated between $2,500 and $5,000 after Brian O. Boyatt, 46, Winchester, was unable to avoid driving into a deer at 6:56 a.m. while southbound on U.S. 27 near county road 650 South. Failing to avoid the deer, Boyatt lost control of the 2005 Chevy Monte Carlo he was driving and went off the west side of the highway and drove into a mailbox before coming to a rest in a ditch. That Monte Carlo is registered to Joanna I. Boyatt, Winchester.



Dogs hit

Damage was estimated at less than $1,000 after a Redkey woman drove into a pack of dogs on county road 400 South west of its intersection with county road 250 West at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Rachel L. Easton, 29, said the dogs ran into a nearby field following her driving into them, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office accident report.

Easton was eastbound on the county road in her 2017 Ford Explorer.



Persimmon accident

Damage was estimated between $2,500 and $5,000 after a Portland woman drove into a parked car in the parking lot at Persimmon Ridge Rehabilitation Centre, 200 N. Park St., Portland, at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

McKenna A. Hovis, 19, was pulling into a parking space in a 2009 Mercury Sable when she drove into a parked 2017 Chevy Silverado registered to Stevi M. Hardwick, Union City.

The Mercury is registered to Trevor M. Ingram, Portland.