March 8, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Capsule Reports
Pole hit
A Columbia City man was hospitalized after he drove a vehicle into a pole about 10:45 p.m. Saturday.
Jadyn T. Gilbert, 18, was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt north on U.S. 27 just south of county road 800 South when he veered off the road and hit a pole.
Gilbert was given a blood alcohol level test. Police cited him with a Class A misdemeanor for operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least 0.15%. He complained of upper leg pain and was transported to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The vehicle he was driving — it’s registered to Sara L. Kirkpatrick of Garrett — was towed.
Turning accident
Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after a Portland woman’s vehicle struck a vehicle driven by a Portland teen about 7:39 a.m. Monday.
Tyler R. Ellsworth, 17, was driving a 2007 Jeep Compass north on Wayne Street when a 2010 GMC Acadia, driven by 28-year-old Mariana Gutierrez, struck the side of Ellsworth’s car.
Gutierrez failed to yield the right of way to Ellsworth as she turned from River Road onto Wayne Street, according to a Portland police report.
Rear collision
A Geneva woman’s vehicle struck the rear of a Dunkirk woman’s car on U.S. 27 about 4:05 p.m. Monday.
Melissa A. Bergman, 51, was driving her 2005 Chrysler Town and Country south on the highway. She was following a 2020 Buick Encore GX, driven by 23-year-old Allisyn P. Smith. Smith slowed and stopped because of traffic, and Bergman’s car crashed into the back of Smith’s vehicle, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office accident report.
Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.
A Columbia City man was hospitalized after he drove a vehicle into a pole about 10:45 p.m. Saturday.
Jadyn T. Gilbert, 18, was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt north on U.S. 27 just south of county road 800 South when he veered off the road and hit a pole.
Gilbert was given a blood alcohol level test. Police cited him with a Class A misdemeanor for operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least 0.15%. He complained of upper leg pain and was transported to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The vehicle he was driving — it’s registered to Sara L. Kirkpatrick of Garrett — was towed.
Turning accident
Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after a Portland woman’s vehicle struck a vehicle driven by a Portland teen about 7:39 a.m. Monday.
Tyler R. Ellsworth, 17, was driving a 2007 Jeep Compass north on Wayne Street when a 2010 GMC Acadia, driven by 28-year-old Mariana Gutierrez, struck the side of Ellsworth’s car.
Gutierrez failed to yield the right of way to Ellsworth as she turned from River Road onto Wayne Street, according to a Portland police report.
Rear collision
A Geneva woman’s vehicle struck the rear of a Dunkirk woman’s car on U.S. 27 about 4:05 p.m. Monday.
Melissa A. Bergman, 51, was driving her 2005 Chrysler Town and Country south on the highway. She was following a 2020 Buick Encore GX, driven by 23-year-old Allisyn P. Smith. Smith slowed and stopped because of traffic, and Bergman’s car crashed into the back of Smith’s vehicle, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office accident report.
Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.
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