Capsule Reports - Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024

Improper turning

Damage is estimated between $10,000 and $25,000 after a Portland man’s vehicle struck a Dunkirk man’s vehicle while he was attempting to perform a U-turn along Indiana 67 about 4:50 p.m. Friday.

Kyle D. Hitchens, 29, Dunkirk, and Brian L. Couch, 24, Portland, were stopped at Indiana 67 construction site near county road 75 South. Both drivers told police the light had been red for about 15 minutes, and Couch told police he began following some other northbound vehicles that began driving through the stop light. Hitchens decided to make a U-turn at the same time as Couch started to pass him, causing Couch’s 2020 Jeep Wrangler to crash into Hitchens’ 2018 Ram 1500.

Couch’s vehicle was towed from the scene. Damage is estimated between $10,000 and $25,000.

Sideswiped car

A Union City man was arrested after his vehicle struck a parked car at the intersection of Arch and Middle streets about 10:10 p.m. Friday.

Esdras Mejia Velasquez, 22, was driving his 2010 Toyota Camry east on Arch Street. He told police he was fatigued and he hit a parked and unattended 2011 Cadillac SRX on the street.

Mejia Velasquez was booked into Jay County Jail and preliminarily charged with a Class C misdemeanor for operating a vehicle without a license. He was being held on a $1,000 bond.

His vehicle was towed. Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000.

Hit pole

A Berne woman drove off county road 400 North and struck a pole about 6:15 a.m. Sunday.

Mia R. Singleton, 21, was driving her 2017 Ford Escape east on the road just west of county road 250 West when it went off the road, hitting the pole.

Her vehicle was towed, with damage estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.