Thursday, August 7, 2025 - Capsule reports

Stop missed

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after an Elkhart man drove into a Portland man’s car at the intersection of Votaw and Williams streets in Portland about 4:51 p.m. Friday.

Anthony Suski, 79, was driving his 2013 Chevrolet Silverado west on Votaw Street. He told police he couldn’t see the stop sign because it wasn’t in clear view and proceeded into the intersection with Williams Street. At the same time, 24-year-old Andrew Fluckiger was driving his 2015 Hyundai Sonata north on Williams Street and passing through the intersection. Suski crashed into Fluckiger’s car.

Fluckiger’s car was towed.

Intersection crash

A Muncie woman’s vehicle was towed after she crashed into the back of a Dunkirk man’s car at the intersection of county road 400 South and Indiana 1 about 1:38 p.m. Friday.

Kassey K. Kendall, 44, was driving a 2018 Buick Encore east on county road 400 South near the highway. She told police she came to a complete stop at the intersection behind a 2019 Chevrolet Trax driven by 71-year-old David Duran. She also said Duran began to enter the intersection and stopped, leading Kendall to crash into the back of his car. 

Duran told police he stopped at the intersection and noticed Kendall in his rearview mirror approaching him and not slowing down. He told police he couldn’t move because of traffic on the highway before Kendall’s car crashed into the back of his.

Kendall complained of leg pain. Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. 

Passing accident

A Lynn resident struck a Bryant man’s car with his trailer while passing him on U.S. 27 in Jay County about 3:40 p.m. Friday.

Jason A. Rolli, 40, was driving his 2013 Ford F-150 south on the highway near county road 400 North. He began to pass a 2023 Honda Accord driven by 23-year-old Seth C. Lemaster. As Rolli returned to the southbound lane, Lemaster told police, Rolli’s trailer struck the front driver’s side of Lemaster’s vehicle.

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