Emergency personnel responded to a three-vehicle collision in the westbound lanes of US 30 at State Road 13 Tuesday night in Pierceton.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff's office says preliminary results of the investigation indicate that Emerson C. Butts, 31, of Warsaw was traveling westbound on US 30, approaching State Road 13, in a 2008 Kia Sorento just before 8:00 pm Tuesday. Butts struck the rear of a 2019 Ford Ranger, driven by Mason Metzinger, 22, of Warsaw; which was stopped at State Road 13 in the left-hand travel lane of US 30.
A 2017 Chevrolet Express, driven by Maranda Taylor, 42, of Monterey, was struck while stopped in the left-hand turn lane.
Butts was removed from his burning vehicle by a passersby.
Metzinger and Taylor were transported to Warsaw for the treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Butts was in serious condition at the time he was transported to a Fort Wayne hospital.
This crash remains under investigation by investigators with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Fatal Team.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, Winona Lake Police Department, Warsaw Police Department, Pierceton Fire Department, Lutheran EMS, North Webster/Tippecanoe Township Fire Department responded to Tuesday's accident.
