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A Warsaw pedestrian was hit and injured by a pickup truck Monday morning.
According to a news release from the Warsaw Police Department, emergency personnel were dispatched at 9:08 a.m. Monday to a crash on Center Street, west of Little League Drive, involving a pedestrian.
The preliminary results of the ongoing investigation indicate James Deckler, 63, of Edwardsburg, Mich., was traveling west in a 2025 Ford F250 on Center Street when the truck left the north side of the road and hit Alan Stephens, 26, of Warsaw, according to the release. Stephens was working alongside the road.
Stephens was airlifted from the scene in serious condition to a Fort Wayne hospital.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Fatal Team was requested to assist with the reconstruction.
Responding agencies included the WPD, KCSO, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, Lutheran EMS and Lutheran Air Ambulance.
No further information was available at the time of this news release.
