A driver and his passenger were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 8:41 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, on East Armstrong Road at EMS T13 Lane, North Webster.
Taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital were Richard G. Monk, 66, North Westerner Winds Drive, Warsaw, who suffered a contusion/bruise to the back and complained of back pain and a passenger in his vehicle, Norma G. Perkins, North Westerner Winds Drive, Warsaw. Perkins complained of pain to the chest and sustained an abrasion to the chest.
Kevin K. Uptgraft, 80, Lake View Court, Avon, was eastbound, in a 2004 Oldsmobile ,on Armstrong Road and turning north onto EMS T13 Lake. He told police he did not see the westbound Monk vehicle as he was making the turn, until it was too late. Upgraft was not injured. Monk was driving a 2000 Ford.
Damage was estimated up to $25,000.
North Webster Fire Department, North Webster EMS, Multi-Township EMS, North Webster Police Department and Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department responded to the call.