Capsule Reports - Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026

Lost control

Damage is estimated between $25,000 and $50,000 after a Bryant man lost control of the truck he was driving and it struck a Berne man’s vehicle about 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Jeffrey D. Knapshaefer, 32, was driving a 2015 Toyota Tundra east on county road 600 North and approaching its intersection with county road 700 East. He told police he wasn’t able to stop because of ice on the road, and his vehicle slid through the intersection and into the driver’s side of a 2004 GMC Yukon driven by 29-year-old Joshua A. Crider.

Both vehicles were towed. Crider was arrested and preliminarily charged with two misdemeanors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was released from Jay County Jail on a $1,500 bond.

Abrupt stop

A Dunkirk man crashed his vehicle into the back of another Dunkirk man’s car along county road 400 South about 4:45 p.m. Monday.

Tyler D. Cummings, 18, was driving his 2017 GMC Sierra east on the road near its intersection with county road 1000 West. He was driving behind a 2015 Kia Soul driven by 32-year-old Casey J. Adkins. Cummings told police a delivery truck in front of Adkins slowed to turn into a driveway abruptly, and Cummings wasn’t able to stop before crashing into the back of Adkins’ vehicle.

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. Adkins sustained a lower leg injury.