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One Warsaw man is dead and five other people were injured after a two-vehicle accident Thursday night.
According to a news release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, deputies and emergency personnel responded at 8:13 p.m. Thursday to a reported personal injury crash on Ind. 25 near CR 100S. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, they found two vehicles involved in the collision – a 1996 Toyota SUV driven by Fidel Vasquez, 49, Warsaw, and a 2017 Ford F-150 truck driven by Andrew Wright, 37, Warsaw.
Preliminary investigation determined that Vasquez was southbound on Ind. 25, just north of CR 100S, when it went left of center, hitting the Ford.
Vasquez was pronounced dead at the scene by the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office as a result of injuries he suffered in the crash.
Wright was taken to Lutheran Fort Wayne and treated for a broken arm, according to the release. Four passengers in Wright’s vehicle also were taken to Lutheran Fort Wayne and treated for minor injuries.
The KCSD was assisted at the scene by the Warsaw Police Department, Winona Lake Police Department, Indiana State Police, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, Lutheran EMS and the Coroner’s Office.
