Woman, 73, dies in crash

Police and fire

5-year-old dies after being pulled from lake

His identity was released Monday afternoon.Monday

Boy, 5, hospitalized after nearly drowning

A 5-year-old boy who nearly drowned at Bixler Lake in Noble County was clinging to life Sunday in a Fort Wayne hospital, according to Indiana conservation officers.Monday

Food on stove blamed in house fire

FORT WAYNE – A home in a southeast Fort Wayne neighborhood was badly damaged during a lunchtime fire Monday.Monday

A 73-year-old woman died in a car crash Saturday afternoon in Whitley County, according to a sheriff's department report.

Donna J. Rose of South Whitley was headed west on County Road 500 South near County Road 800 West about 2:45 p.m. when the 2003 Chevrolet Impala she was driving went off the road and hit a tree, the report said.

Rose died at the scene, the report said. What caused her to leave the road is under investigation.

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