At approximately 8:55 p.m. Sgt. Clay Layne was on normal patrol and driving through the intersection of Center Street at Eastlake Drive, when another vehicle ran the red light and collided with the driver's side of Sgt. Layne's squad, resulting in personal injury. Other officers responded to the area, including Patrol Officer Ross Minear. Officer Minear was responding from the area of K-Mart, and while traveling west on Frontage Road, his vehicle hydroplaned, losing control, striking a high tension power pole, and then rolling over in front of Indiana Tech. Officer Minear was trapped in his squad and was eventually extricated. Damage to the pole knocked out power to the east end of Warsaw for most of the night as NIPSCO crews worked to restore power.
