Capsule Reports - Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024

Lost control

A Union City man was arrested this week after he attempted to pass a Winchester man’s car on U.S. 27 and lost control of his vehicle, causing an accident about 10:33 p.m. Wednesday.

Suchite A. Feliciano, 55, was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer south on the highway behind a 2006 Chevrolet Colorado driven by 61-year-old Mike E. Sharp of Winchester.

Feliciano began passing Sharp’s car. According to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report, Feliciano was driving at an unsafe speed and lost control of his car on the slick road, causing him to strike the side of Sharp’s car and run it off the road.

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

Both vehicles were towed, with damage estimated between $5,000 and $10,000.

Failed to stop

A Portland woman failed to stop at the intersection of Meridian and Votaw streets, causing her to crash into another Portland woman’s car about 8:50 a.m. Dec. 6.

Victoria Huntsman, 26, told police she was driving a 1997 Jeep Wrangler south on Meridian Street when she failed to notice the stoplight had turned red, according to a Portland police report. 

She wasn’t able to stop her vehicle before crashing into a 2004 Honda Odyssey driven by 75-year-old Barbara Hambrock.

Huntsman’s vehicle was towed, with damage estimated between $10,000 and $25,000.