Capsule Reports - Saturday, March 9, 2024

Workshop scheduled

East Central Indiana Regional Planning District will hold a Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) Challenge Workshop from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at John Jay Center for Learning in Portland.

Jay County residents are invited to attend the workshop to learn how they can challenge data regarding their internet speed. The data will be used to help determine how Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program funding is distributed. 

Steering troubles

Damage is estimated between $10,000 and $25,000 after a Bryant teen lost control of the vehicle she was driving, causing it to go into a ditch along county road 900 North about 5:21 p.m. Wednesday.

Lexie J. Fiechter, 16, was driving a 2011 Kia Sorento east on the road near 950 West. She told police the steering became difficult to maneuver, causing her to veer off the north side of the road. She attempted to correct her steering, causing her to go off the south side of the road and into a ditch. The vehicle she was driving rolled once before stopping on its wheels.

The vehicle she was driving was towed.

Lost control

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after a Portland man drove off county road 100 South and hit a tree about 3:52 p.m. Friday.

Zachary C. Nuckols, 19, was driving his 2004 Nissan 350Z east on the road when he swerved to miss a squirrel, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. Nuckols’ vehicle went off the south side of the road, hitting a tree in the yard at 1229 W. 100 South, Portland.

Nuckols’ vehicle was towed.

Rear collision

A Dunkirk woman crashed her car into a Portland man’s vehicle along Votaw Street about midnight Thursday.

Brooklyn A. Hernandez, 31, Dunkirk, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze east on Votaw Street. She told police she thought traffic was moving, so she continued forward, crashing into a 2010 Toyota Camry driven by 63-year-old Robert J. Coats of Portland.

Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.