Capsule Reports - Thursday, April 18, 2024

Intersection crash

Three people sustained injuries after a crash at the intersection of Indiana 26 and Indiana 67 about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday.

Paighton L. Bromagem, 17, Pennville, was stopped in a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic on Indiana 26 headed southeast at its intersection with Indiana 67. Bromagem began turning the vehicle east onto the other highway and pulled in front of a 2008 Sterling Acterra truck, driven by 48-year-old Peter R. Watson of Noblesville. Watson couldn’t avoid hitting the vehicle Bromagem was driving.

Bromagem sustained some minor bleeding on her arm, and Watson complained of upper arm pain. Bromagem’s passengers, 18-year-old Kristen M. Bromagem of Pennville and 16-year-old Alex Doll of Portland, also sustained injuries. Kristen Bromagem had minor bleeding on her arm, and Doll had a bruise on his head.

Bromagem and her passengers were transported to IU Health Jay for their injuries. The vehicle Watson was driving is registered to Packing Systems of Wisconsin, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Both vehicles were towed, with damage estimated between $50,000 and $100,000.

Hit rail

A Portland man crashed the car he was driving into a guard rail along county road 600 South after swerving to avoid hitting a dog about 3:22 p.m. Tuesday.

Austin M. Keedy, 24, was driving a 2006 Chrysler Pacifica east on the road just east of Redkey when a dog ran in front of his path. He swerved away from the animal, causing the car to strike a guard rail along the southside of the road. Keedy told police he bounced off the guard rail and struck the other rail on the north side of the road before stopping.

Keedy was cited with an infraction for driving without a license.

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The vehicle was registered to Jessica L. Fowler of Redkey, and it was towed.