WNDU - Home - Headlines

One man dead after motorcycle accident in Fulton County

Updated: Thu 11:50 PM, Oct 04, 2012

A Warsaw man is dead after his motorcycle collided with an SUV in Fulton County.

It happened around 5 p.m. near the intersection of State Road 19 and Division Road, that's just north of Akron.

Police say the driver of the SUV, 52-year-old Arissa Grossman of Akron, was stopped at the intersectio, when she turned left onto State Road 19 and into the path of a motorcycle traveling southbound.

The motorcyclist, 39-year-old Thomas Witmer, ran into the driver's side of the vehicle and was thrown from his bike.

Despite wearing a helmet, Witmer died at the scene from blunt force head trauma caused by the severe impact of the crash.

Grossman wasn't hurt and was issued a citation for failing to yield to cross traffic.


64° F Clear
Weather for South Bend, Indiana
16 WNDU-TV South Bend
WNDU - Channel 16 54516 State Road 933 South Bend, IN 46637 Front Desk: 574-284-3000 Newsroom: 574-284-3016 Email: newscenter16@wndu.com
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 172763551