SPENCERVILLE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department says that a Fort Wayne man was taken to the hospital on Monday after a multi-vehicle crash. Police say he lost control on a wet roadway while speeding.
Police say around 3:40 p.m., they were sent to the 7100 block of S.R. 1 in Spencerville for a multi-vehicle crash with multiple injuries.
Deputies say a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, driven by Maung Po, 27, of Fort Wayne, was traveling south on S.R. 1 when Po lost control. Police say the surface of the roadway was wet at the time The Cruze began to fishtail and struck a 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, driven by Brenda Witmer, 57, of Auburn, on the driver’s side door.
The Town and Country slid off the roadway and into a ditch before getting back on the road.
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputies said the Cruze continued to spin and was hit in the passenger side by a northbound 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, driven by Laura Smith, 58, of Auburn.
Po was taken to an area hospital with a lung contusion, deputies said. Smith complained of chest and back pain but refused to be taken to the hospital.
The DeKalb Co. Sheriff’s Department was assisted by Northeast fire, Parkview EMS, Spencerville Fire, Parkers Towing, Riverside Towing, Cookies Towing, Indiana State Police.
