Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 - Capsule reports

Lost control

A Portland teen’s brakes on the truck he was driving failed, causing him to crash into another car at the intersection of Votaw and Charles streets about 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7. 

Keegan B. Wasson, 16, was driving a 1998 Ford F-150 west on Votaw Street. He was driving behind a 2008 Ford Fusion driven by 21-year-old Maggie P. Maitlen of Portland. Wasson told police Maitlen began to stop and signaled to turn onto Charles Street, but his brakes weren’t working. He floored the brake pedal, causing his vehicle to abruptly stop and slide into Maitlen’s vehicle.

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. Maitlen’s vehicle was towed.

Overcorrected

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after a Muncie women drove off county road 200 West and crashed into a mailbox and rock about 4:40 p.m. Monday.

Hannah M. Fifer, 28, Muncie, was driving her 2017 Kia Soul north on county road 200 West when her car went off the east side of the road. She overcorrected, causing her vehicle to jerk to the west side of the road and strike a mailbox owned by Tessa VanSkyock. The mailbox scraped the bottom of her car, causing her gas tank to start leaking. Her vehicle continued off the road until it hit a rock and flattened her tire. Fifer told police she continued driving through the field to avoid getting stuck.

Her vehicle was towed.