By David Slone
Times-Union
WARSAW — Several people were injured Tuesday in a six-vehicle accident on SR 15 south of Southwood Drive Tuesday afternoon.
The cause of the crash, which occurred at about 1:58 p.m., was still under investigation as of about 2:55 p.m., Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. Doug Light said.
“It’s kind of a chain reaction accident,” he said.
One semi-tractor trailer full of corn was overturned. There also was one passenger car, two pickup trucks and two SUVs involved.
“At this time, one patient has been flown. One has been ground transported to Fort Wayne, and that’s really the extent of the injuries,” Light said, noting those were the injuries that he knew of at the time.
No further details on those involved were available.
With the semi overturned and blocking both lanes of traffic, as well as the other vehicles on the road, Light expected the investigation and cleanup of the scene to take a while. Indiana 15 was reopened around 6:30 p.m.
Tyce Rooney, the driver of the 2003 Peterbilt semi-tractor trailer, said he was hauling grain to North Manchester.
“The white Lincoln went into oncoming traffic and hit the red Ford, and the red Ford went toward me and I hit them,” he recalled.
The collision caused the semi to tip over. He said he didn’t know how the other three vehicles got involved in the pileup.
Rooney was shaken up and suffered a possible concussion.
