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When someone is injured in an accident in South Bend or Elkhart, it is important to gather information about what happens next.

Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.

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Accident reports by county

Cass County, MI - 63
Elkhart County, IN - 27
Fulton County, IN - 2
Kosciusko County, IN - 24
LaGrange County, IN - 12
Marshall County, IN - 4
St. Joseph County, IN - 13
Starke County, IN - 1

Most recent accident reports

Linda Pohto, 59, and Viola Pohto, 88, killed, and one person injured in single-vehicle crash on Indiana Toll Road in Elkhart, Indiana

Date: 
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Roadway: 
Indiana Toll Road
City: 
Elkhart, IN
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Rollover, Ejected from Vehicle

Sabrina A. Gothan, 43, and Scott E. Cochran, 33, injured in 2-vehicle crash on Kosciusko County, Indiana

Date: 
Friday, November 20, 2015
Roadway: 
State Road 25 and County Road 550 West
Type: Car Accident

Dustin Moutria, 26, and Waneta Rodes, 46, killed in car crash with trailer on Lincolnway East in Goshen, Indiana

Date: 
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Roadway: 
Lincolnway East
City: 
Goshen, IN
Type: Car Accident

Morgan Hunter, 12, dies after vehicle she was passenger in loses control while passing horse and buggy on C.R. 675 West in Shipshewana, Indiana

Date: 
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Roadway: 
C.R. 675 West
City: 
Shipshewana, IN
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved, Ejected from Vehicle, Seat Belt Usage, Animals/Wildlife Involved

51-year-old man and 48-year-old woman injured in three-vehicle crash after horse struck by pickup on S.R. 120 in Bristol, Indiana; horse dead on impact

Date: 
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Roadway: 
S.R. 120
City: 
Bristol, IN
Type: Car Accident

Leroy Whelan, 87, and Boyd Saylor, 54, injured in two-vehicle car accident on Indian Lake Road in Dowagiac, Michigan

One elderly man was injured Monday afternoon near Dowagiac when he drove into the path of an oncoming car at 1:13 p.m.
Date: 
Monday, January 19, 2015
Roadway: 
Indian Lake Road
City: 
Dowagiac, MI
Type: Car Accident

Kyle Majewski, 29, and Phillip Kocsis, 19, injured after slushy roads cause driver Joshua Westphal, 26, to depart Harvey Street and strike a tree in Vandalia, MI

Sometime in the morning, a car driven by Westphal with Majewski and Kocsis as passengers slid on some slush, veered off the road, and came to rest after crashing into a tree.
Date: 
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Roadway: 
Harvey Street
City: 
Vandalia, MI
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Weather Conditions, High-Speed/Excessive Speed, Road Departure, Seat Belt Usage

Heriberto Contreras injured after car she is riding loses control, crashes.

One of two people were injured when their vehicle went off a road and crashed into a tree in Cass County. The vehicle wrecked along westbound Gage Street, just west of Twin Lakes Road, in Wayne Township, northeast of Dowagiac, around 7:24 p.m.

Date: 
Monday, December 16, 2013
Roadway: 
Gage Street
Type: Car Accident

Kyle Hopkins 17, Frank Tenny-Button, 21, injured, taken to hospital, after their car leaves the U.S. 12 roadway near Porter Township, and overturns.

Two people were injured in a crash in Cass County when the driver fell asleep. Kyle Hopkins was driving west on U.S. 12 east of Birch Road in Porter Township, west of White Pigeon, around 11:13 p.m. Sunday.

Date: 
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Roadway: 
U.S. 12
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Accident Topics: Teenaged Drivers - Young Adult Drivers

Dustin Heldenbrand, 32, Michael Richardson, 29, injured after their car leaves U.S. 12 roadway in Edwardsburg, Michigan

U.S. 12 is back open this morning after a crash in Cass County. It happened around 9:30 last night at the intersection of U.S. 12 and Old M-205 in Edwardsburg at the Five Points Intersection.

Date: 
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Roadway: 
U.S. 12 and Old M-205
City: 
Edwardsburg, MI
Type: Car Accident

Joshua Yahne, 22, killed in pedestrian crash on M-51 in Pokagon Township, Michigan

A young man was killed being hit by a car in Cass County, Michigan. Joshua Yahne, 22, of Dowagiac, was walking on M-51 around 11:30 p.m. Thursday when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Jamika Morgan, 21, of Elkhart, Indiana.
Date: 
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Roadway: 
M-51
City: 
Township of Pokagon, MI
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Rollover

Keven Kinipp, 38, injured in motorcycle accident on Dewey Lake Street in Volinia Township, MI

38 year-old Keven Kinipp was hospitalized in critical condition early Sunday after losing control of his motorcycle. The accident took place around 12:20 a.m. on Dewey Lake Street near Decatur Road in Volinia Township, south of Decatur.
Date: 
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Roadway: 
Dewey Lake Street
City: 
Township of Volinia, MI
Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
Helmet Usage

A 43-year-old motorcyclist sustains life-threatening injuries after crashing into a car at the 83000 block of M-40 near Porter Township, Michigan

A 43-year-old motorcyclist was taken to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo to treat life-threatening injuries after he crashed into the side of a Subaru station wagon in Porter Township, Michigan.
Date: 
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Roadway: 
M-40
City: 
Township of Porter, MI
Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
High-Speed/Excessive Speed

Ryan Smit, 20, seriously injured, airlifted to hospital, Andrew Camp, 22, injured, after their snowmobile crashes into a shore station on Magician Lake in Silver Creek Township, Michigan

A man was hurt Sunday when the snowmobile he was riding on crashed and he was thrown from the vehicle. It happened around 6 a.m.
Date: 
Saturday, March 8, 2014
City: 
Dowagiac, MI
Type: Other Type of Accident
Topics: 
Snowmobile, Ejected from Vehicle, DWI - DUI - Alcohol or Drug Use, Helmet Usage

Elizabeth Slabaugh, 84, had to be extricated from her car after being involved in a head-on car accident with Sally Lundy, 64, on M-51 in Cass County, Michigan

Elizabeth Slabaugh, 84, and her 14-year-old granddaughter were travelling northbound on M-51 at Pennsylvania Road when a car driven by Sally Lundy, 64, and her 3-year-old grandaughter pulled out in front of her, resulting in a head-on collision.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Roadway: 
M-51
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Head-on, Elderly Drivers, Trapped Under/Inside Vehicle, Children/Minors Involved