One man is in fair condition after rolling his van Sunday evening on U.S. 33 near the Noble/Whitley County line.
Police and fire/rescue units arrived to find a full sized van rolled onto it’s side with the driver trapped inside.
Fire department personnel had to use the jaws of life to cut the roof off and free the injured man. He was taken to an area hospital in fair condition.
The accident remains under investigation.
Two recent stories at Indiana News Center and WANE.com are reporting that the Indiana State Police are going to step up patrols on U.S. 33 aiming to reduce fatalities on this 30 mile stretch from Fort Wayne to Ligonier.
The focus has been on Churubusco recently as a rash of accidents have made people very conscious of how dangerous this road can be. Case in point would be the following stories we’ve posted in the last couple of years of accidents from minor to major, in town and outside of town.
And we found these archives at the Churubusco / Smith Twp fire department website
Obviously U.S. 33 is a dangerous road and we hope more patrols will help, but will they even be able to enforce the speed limits in certain areas? There are very few areas north of Churubusco that have a safe spot for a police car to turn around and chase down a speeding driver because of the curves, narrow spots and the hilly terrain.
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Around 6:15 PM Sunday evening a 16-year old Goshen teen lost control of his vehicle, over corrected and slid off the road. His Mazda then slid through a yard and smashed into a tree on the drivers door.
He was flown to Parkview Memorial Hospital via Samaritan in serious condition.
The highway was shut down for quite some time while the helicopter loaded the patient and rescue crews cleaned up the accident scene.
(Talk of the Town photos by Jennifer Zartman Romano) At right, John Finken, Kim Reiff and Greg Fahl move some board as they prepare to work on a stage that is being constructed for the Adam Schrader benefit at Reiff’s Elkhorn Ranch near Larwill. Below, Kim Reiff’s ranch, near Larwill.)
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
One quiet evening, relaxing with friends in his western-themed retreat at Elkhorn Ranch in Larwill, Kim Reiff realized his annual get-togethers at the ranch could be a source of support for a local family facing a tragic situation.
“We have annual parties out here and decided that we should just start doing this for a good cause,” Reiff said.
Reiff, along with friends Greg Fahl and Mark Mynhier, had been talking about Whitley County Sheriff’s Reserve Deputy Adam Schrader and the nearly fatal vehicle accident that occured in March while Schrader was responding to an emergency call in northwestern Whitley County. Schrader survived the accident, but his recovery has been tenuous and difficult, personally and financially.
For the rest of this story go to our Whitley News Network partner, Talk of the Town …
WHEN: Saturday, July 24
WHERE: Elkhorn Ranch, near Larwill
DONATION: Tickets are being sold in advance for $20 per person; children are $5 at the gate.
Tickets are available at Big G’s, Orizon Real Estate, and Crossroads Bank in South Whitley and Columbia City.
Come out and support one of our local heroes!
Directions to the Elkhorn Ranch are shown on the flyer below:
A southbound semi rear-ended a car at 750 East & U.S. 33 Wednesday evening forcing emergency crews to shut down one lane and the entire highway for quite some time while the vehicles were removed from the scene.
No one was injured in the accident.
Churubusco fire, police and EMS responded to a two-car collision at Blue Lake Road and Anderson Road sent two people to area hospitals with complaints of pain. The drivers door of the SUV was jammed shut from the accident and had to be opened with the Jaws of Life by rescue crews.
According to the Whitley County Sheriff department the black SUV was southbound on Blue Lake Road and after stopping for the intersection, pulled into the path of the green 4-door sedan.
No one else was injured in the accident. It remains under investigation.
For the 2nd time in less than a week U.S. 33 near Churubusco was closed to traffic due to an accident.
At approximately 2:00 PM Churubusco and Noble Township fire departments were called to the Noble/Whitley County line and U.S. 33 for a truck hauling a trailer that had left the highway for an unknown reason and slammed into a tree.
The driver of the pickup truck was pinned in the full sized Chevy for nearly 10 minutes and was then flown to an area hospital in serious condition.
No other vehicles were involved and no one else was in the pickup at the time of the crash. The accident remains under investigation.
This is the third time since June 7th that U.S. 33 has been closed to traffic due to accidents. The first was a semi rollover near the same area as this most recent accident and an accident that took a mans life and critically injured another near Carroll & U.S. 33.
A southbound semi lost control rolling over on U.S. 33 north of Churubusco at the Noble & Whitley County Lines Monday morning closing the highway for several hours.
The driver was transported to an area hospital complaining of pain, no other vehicles were involved.
*At time of press U.S. 33 was still completely shut down
Two trucks were involved in a minor accident Monday evening in the 500 block of South Main Street near the McDonalds restaurant.
One person was transported to an area hospital complaining of pain.
Another accident occurred just north of this one that involved a hit and run. The person responsible for causing that accident and leaving the scene was later caught out in the county after a citizen followed them reporting their location to 911 dispatchers. No injuries were reported in that accident.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, well known Commissioner Mike Schrader’s son Adam, was critically hurt in a one vehicle crash.
According to the blog adamsrecovery.blogspot.com, Adam was responding to a call as a sheriff’s reserve when he lost control of his car and was later flown via Samaritan helicopter.
The blog goes on to say that he is still unconscious and in critical condition, but doctor’s are reporting he is doing well.
BuscoVoice sends our sincere condolences, thoughts and prayers to the Schrader family for a speedy recovery for Adam.
Two people were sent to area hospitals Friday morning when a black sedan and a red Tracker collided at the intersection of 300 S and S.R. 9 just south of Albion.
Churubusco fire units were called to assist Albion Fire & EMS at the incident on the busy highway.
Details are still a bit sketchy at the moment, but a pursuit just west of Churubusco ended after a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy car was stolen during the pursuit.
The pursuit began at U.S. 30 and S.R. 205 when a green vehicle refused to stop for the officer. The chase continued north on S.R. 205, when the person fleeing hit a set of “stop sticks” set up by a Churubusco police officer, near Blue Lake Road.
The suspects then veered into a field on the south side of the road and proceeded to head towards a patch of woods.
At some point the officer radioed that his squad car had been taken, and was was spotted heading in the direction of the county road with red lights and sirens blaring.
During the chase – with the perpetrator still inside – the squad car made a sharp turn, barreling the car through a ditch at 300 North and 675 East. The chase continued until he tried to make one last turn at Johnson Road and S.R. 205, near the area of Collins.
He fled on foot across the highway and was apprehended seconds later by a host of officers.
An ambulance was called to the scene for the main complaint of pain by the suspect. No one else was injured in the incident.
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A three car collision on Main Street between Washington and Whitley Street sent one women to an area hospital complaining of pain.
Churubusco fire, police and Whitley EMS responded to the incident that caused a bit of a traffic problem for downtown commuters during the morning rush hour. That is if ‘Busco ever really does have a ‘rush hour’.
Churubusco fire, police, EMS and Whitley county police were called to the intersection of U.S. 33 & Blue Lake Road Friday afternoon for an accident that sheered a pole and closed down the highway for over an hour.
One person did complain of pain.
The accident remains under investigation.
A two car collision at the intersection of Main & Whitley created a bit of a traffic headache Monday afternoon for motorists and the fire department alike.
Churubusco firefighters were first sent to a possible house fire in Allen County and minutes later were sent to this accident on Line Street.
The fire resulted in a false alarm and rescue crews were sent to the accident scene to assist with patient care.
Firefighters and paramedics speak with the driver of this vehicle who complained of pain
PENDLETON, Ind. (Nov. 15, 2009) – A semi tandem trailer rig lost its rear axle on I-69 today just north of the Pendleton exit at approximately 11:45 a.m. The accident backed up traffic for miles, and the northbound bound lanes were closed so crews could clean up the site.
A vehicle attempting to avoid the wheels of the rig – which had rolled directly into oncoming traffic – crashed, causing a chain reaction involving four vehicles, including an SUV that was forced into the median.
Four people were transported to the hospital, but none of the injuries were thought to be serious.
The northbound lanes were reopened about six hours later.
Motorists waited nearly an hour in the traffic tie-up, many of them standing outside their vehicles and visiting with each other to pass the time.
Story, photo by V. Sade for buscovoice.com
Just after 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning Churubusco Fire/Rescue, EMS and police were called to U.S. just north of Churubusco.
A northbound dump truck lost control of his vehicle just south of 750 East tearing down a pole and entangling the truck in wires.
According to police and eyewitness reports, a southbound school bus was approaching with it’s yellow flashers on when the dump truck lost control and landed here.
The truck was filled with gravel and the driver was uninjured, however for safety reasons he stayed in the vehicle for quite some time until AEP crews arrived to secure the lines and ensure rescue workers the lines were no longer energized.
As of 10:30 a.m. AEP was reporting that it could be 2-3 more hours before the highway was opened back up.
A two car collision on U.S. 33 this morning sent one vehicle through the fence and yard of the Turtle Town Plaza. One man was transported to an area hospital complaining of pain.
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Two accidents south of Churubusco Wednesday afternoon on U.S. 33 created a lot of traffic tie-ups for early for commuters.
The first accident occurred just north of McDuffee Road on U.S. 33 when the driver of the red car failed to see the stopped mini-van who was waiting on a school bus.
One person was transported to the hospital complaining of pain.
While crews re-routed traffic and cleaned up the mess the fire department was then called to assist Arcola fire department at U.S. 33 & Johnson Road for yet another personal injury accident where one car caught fire.
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