You choose, we deliver
If you are interested in this story, you might be interested in others from The Journal Gazette. Go to www.journalgazette.net/newsletter and pick the subjects you care most about. We'll deliver your customized daily news report at 3 a.m. Fort Wayne time, right to your email.

Police and fire

  • Toddler drowns in Whitley pool
    A 2 1/2 -year-old Columbia City boy died Tuesday evening after he was found floating face down in a swimming pool earlier in the day.About 11:30 a.m.
  • 8 arrested on drug charges in Adams
    Eight people in Adams County were arrested Wednesday on drug-related charges.
  • 2 face drug-related charges in Kosciusko
    Two men were arrested in Kosciusko County this week on drug-related charges.The first arrest was Monday when officers arrived at a home at 701 E. County Line Road 800 S.
Advertisement

Girl, 4, escapes injury as ATV flips

An Albion man and his granddaughter riding an all-terrain vehicle avoided serious injuries in a crash Thursday afternoon in Noble County, according to Indiana conservation officers.

Tommie Higginbotham, 68, was driving a John Deere Gator on a private driveway in the 3300 block of County Road East 200 North, with his 4-year-old granddaughter as his passenger.

For an unknown reason, Higginbotham lost control of the ATV, and it flipped, landing in a ditch next to the driveway. He and the girl were thrown off the vehicle.

Emergency workers were sent to the scene about 3:25 p.m., and Higginbotham was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne to be treated for scrapes to his elbow and head.

The girl was not hurt.

Advertisement