NORTH MANCHESTER – Police in North Manchester were kept busy Friday morning responding to two accidents involving several vehicles in close proximity.
At about 7:50 a.m. Friday, North Manchester police responded to two accidents involving six vehicles on Ind. 13 just east of Beckley Street in North Manchester.
The first accident occurred when a semi, driven by Charles R. Vance, 50, Warsaw, stopped for a school bus and was rear-ended by Lisa J. McCoy, 55, Wabash, according to a North Manchester Police Department news release.
The second accident occurred when Bonita L. Schmidt, 53, North Manchester, was trying to pass the first accident and was hit by a vehicle driven by Naomi Justice, 18, North Manchester. Justice’s vehicle then spun, hitting the vehicles of Timmus E. Oniones, 35, Marion, and Evelyn K. Lay, 54, Pierceton.
Five of the vehicles were towed from the scene. Ind. 13 was closed for about two hours. NMPD were assisted by the Indiana State Police, Wabash County Emergency Management and Parkview Ambulance Service.
