Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 - Capsule reports

Crossed center

A Bluffton man crashed the car he was driving into a pole along county road 450 East about 1:37 a.m. Sunday.

Nathan E. Snyder, 24, was driving a 2004 GMC Sierra north on the road just north of Indiana 67 when he crossed the center line and drove west into a ditch. The front of the vehicle then hit a utility pole, causing it to snap in half. Part of the pole landed across county road 450 East.

Snyder was cited with a misdemeanor for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and later booked into Jay County Jail.

He sustained a minor face injury.

 The vehicle Snyder was driving — it’s registered to Benjamin L. Eicher of Monroe — was towed, with damage estimated between $10,000 and $25,000. The pole is registered to Jay County REMC.

Spinning accident

An Austin woman lost control of the vehicle she was driving and hit a pole on Indiana 67 in Jay County about 7:45 a.m. Saturday.

Thelma J. Caudill, 69, was driving a 2010 Cadillac Escalade east on the highway when she lost control on the slick road. The vehicle went across the center line and off the north side of the road, causing it to spin and crash into a pole.

The vehicle Caudill was driving was towed, with damage estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The pole is owned by Jay County REMC.

Couldn’t turn

A California semi driver crashed the vehicle he was driving into a utility pole at the intersection of county road 500 South and 1150 West about 9:45 a.m. Saturday.

Iqbal Kaur, 28, Live Oak, was driving a 2019 Freightliner Cascadia north on county road 1150 West and turning onto 500 South. He wasn’t able to make the turn, and the passenger side of his truck hit a pole owned by Frontier Communications.

The crash knocked the pole onto the ground and left a phone line across the road.

Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000. The truck is registered to White Fox of Indianapolis.