Sunday morning crash kills one

Photo courtesy Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office

Photo courtesy Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office

Photo courtesy Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office

Photo courtesy Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office


KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. – One person was killed in a single vehicle crash early Sunday morning, the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office reported.

At 12:40 a.m., police were called to the scene of a crash on 1st Street in Pierceton.

A Mitsubishi was traveling south on 1st Street when it drove left of center and crossed the northbound lane, just north of Tulip Street, reports said.

The vehicle left the east side of the roadway and crashed into a tree and two houses.

Both homes were left with interior and exterior damage.

The front seat passenger of the vehicle, 28-year-old Dontaye Cain of Warsaw, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The driver of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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