Capsule Reports - Friday, Oct. 6, 2023

Deer accident

Damage is estimated between $25,000 and $50,000 after a Union City man crashed into a deer along State Line Road about 5:21 a.m. Tuesday.

Brett M. Meckley, 31, was driving his 2015 Lincoln MKZ north on the road near county road 800 South when he noticed a deer in the ditch. The animal ran into the road, and Meckley wasn’t able to avoid hitting it.

Chain reaction

Damage is estimated between $10,000 and $25,000 after a Portland man crashed into the back of another Portland man’s vehicle along Votaw Street about 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Brandon C. Poore, 28, was driving a 2015 Kia Forte east on Votaw Street (Indiana 67) near Middle Street. He told police he didn’t see the cars in front of him stopped to yield to pedestrians, and he crashed into a trailer attached to the back of a 2000 Dodge Dakota driven by 62-year-old Jeffrey Cordell. The force caused Cordell’s vehicle to move forward and slam into a 2016 Ford Escape driven by 74-year-old Cassandra Folkerth of Dunkirk.

The vehicle Poore was driving — it’s registered to Breanna M. Lehman — was towed.

Recycling available

Jay County Solid Waste Management District will have recycling trailers available from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the shopping center at 220 Lincoln St., Portland, the parking lot east of Redkey Post Office and the parking lot south of Salamonia Fire Station.