Three injured in SR 124 crash

A rear-end collision on SR 124 near CR 400 N resulted in three persons suffering injuries and being transferred to Adams Memorial Hospital by EMS,

The accident occurred at 5:40 p.m. Thursday when a vehicle driven by Victor E. Schwartz, 27, Bluffton, crashed into the rear of a SUV operated by Arleen A. Wagner, 75, rural Decatur. An Adams County Sheriff’s Department report said Schwartz told them he remembered leaving work and was going home on SR 124 but does not recall anything else before the accident. When asked if he had fallen asleep or was unconscious before the accident, Schwartz again told police he could not remember.

Wagner informed police she had slowed down and had her turn signal on to go north onto 400 N. She said the Schwartz vehicle had not slowed down prior to the crash. A westbound witness on SR 124 collaborated Wagner’s version including the fact her turn signal was activated.

The Monroe Fire Department assisted at the scene of the crash that resulted in an estimated $10,001-$25,000 to the vehicles.

The police report said Wagner and a passenger in her car, Kenneth Wagner, 77, rural Decatur, both sustained neck pain while Schwartz had bleeding to his head.

The sheriff’s department reported another accident at 9:26 p.m. Thursday they investigated on SR 116 near the Adams-Wells County line. Police said Joshua J. Jellison, 39, Bluffton, was northbound in his car but was unable to avoid hitting a deer that ran onto the roadway causing an estimated $2,501-$5,000 in damage.

Two other accidents were probed by the Decatur Police Department in the past day and a half.

At 5:55 p.m. Thursday, a hit-skip crash occurred on Walnut Street near Washington Street. Police said the owner of a parked SUV on the street, Justin A. Bauer, Walnut Street, Decatur, was inside his house when a vehicle pulling a trailer hit his SUV. A neighbor reported seeing the crash and said the second vehicle initially slowed down by then drove off. The witness said a piece of equipment was on the trailer and a door came open striking the Bauer vehicle. Police set damage to the parked vehicle at between $1,001-$2,500.,

At 5:47 a.m. Friday, Brittany N. Rumple, 36, rural Monroeville, was southbound on Mercer Avenue heading to work but did not see a legally parked car at the side of the road owned by Sheila M. Parrish, E. Andrews Street, Monroe, and struck the vehicle pushing it approximately 10-15 feet forward. Between $10,001-$25,000 in damage was done to the vehicles.