Capsule Reports - Friday, March 22, 2024

Lost control

A Portland woman sustained a back injury after she lost control of her vehicle and drove off Indiana 1 about 4:05 p.m. Wednesday.

Alexa J. Mock, 18, was driving her 2009 Mercury Milan north on the highway near county road 300 South at what appeared to be a high rate of speed, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. Witnesses Trevin Dunnington and Meredith Colpaevt were driving south on the highway when Mock’s vehicle nearly struck them head on. Mock swerved out of the way, causing her vehicle to go into a field on the east side of the road and roll several times.

Mock was ejected from the vehicle and sustained an internal back injury, according to the report. She was given a blood, alcohol and drug test — results are pending — and flown to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

Her vehicle was towed, with damage estimated between $10,000 and $25,000.

Turning accident

A Florida semi driver hit the dump truck a Churubusco man was driving at the intersection of U.S. 27 and Indiana 18/Indiana 67 about 9:38 a.m. Tuesday.

Robert R. Lahr, 77, was stopped in traffic facing south on U.S. 27 in the designated right turn lane and preparing to turn in a 2022 Ford F-750, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. Terris M. Lasane, 54, Jacksonville, Florida, stopped next to Lahr in a 1999 Freightliner in the designated lane to turn left or travel straight. Lasane began to turn right and struck the vehicle Lahr was driving.

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The vehicle Lasane was driving is registered to Juza of Jacksonville, Florida, and the vehicle Lahr was driving is registered to Bueschings Peat Moss of Fort Wayne.