Accidents investigated

WALKERTON — On Sunday,​ June 1,​ at 10:29 am,​ Marshall County Deputies,​ Walkerton Police,​ Polk Fire, and Walkerton EMS responded to a report of a personal injury accident involving a single motorcycle on Plymouth Laporte Trl ​near 3B Rd.


Dwayne Perez, 39, of Walkerton, ​was transported to the hospital for injuries sustained in the accident. Alcohol/Drugs do not appear to be a factor.

On Sunday,​ June 1,​ Marshall County Central Dispatch received a call of an automated crash detection in the area of Lincoln Highway and Hawthorn Road.
Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and located the vehicle on the south side of the roadway about a half mile west of Hawthorn Road. The driver,​ Juan Rivera,​ 34, of Goshen,​ had complaints of back pain, and Lutheran Air Ambulance was called to the scene.
Officers on scene determined the vehicle was traveling west on Lincoln Highway, and for an unknown reason, the driver left the north side of the roadway before crossing both lanes of traffic and crashing into a set of trees. ​
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was assisted on the scene by Plymouth Fire & EMS,​ Lutheran Air Ambulance,​ and Reichert-Knepp ​Towing.