PERU – Today at approximately 8:05 a.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and the Miami County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-vehicle crash on Old U.S. 31 at Miami County Road 1000 North, in which three people were injured.
The preliminary crash investigation by Indiana State Police Senior Trooper A.J. Coffee and Master Trooper Todd Trottier revealed that Kristy Berggren, 31, of Macy, IN, was driving a 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander west on County Road 1000 North.
Berggren stopped for a stop sign at Old U.S. 31 and then proceeded into the intersection. The Mitsubishi was struck in the passenger side by a southbound 2002 Ford F-250. The Ford was driven by Derek Bradley, 38, of Rochester, IN, who had the right of way and was not required to stop.
Indiana State Police Captain Jeremy Kelly was one of the first officers on the scene. He found eight-month-old Gunner Berggren, a passenger in the Mitsubishi, not breathing and without a pulse. Trooper Kelly, along with good Samaritans, initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Gunner regained a pulse before being transported in an ambulance to a South Bend hospital.
Kristy Berggren was initially transported to Dukes Memorial Hospital. She was later transported to a South Bend hospital with a neck injury. Lilliana Stroud, 5, of Macy, IN, a passenger in the Mitsubishi, was transported to Dukes Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Bradley was not injured.
This is an ongoing investigation. At this time neither the use of alcohol nor narcotics is suspected as being a contributing factor in the crash.
Trottier and Coffee were assisted at the crash scene by the Macy Fire Department, the Miami County Sheriff’s Department, Miami County EMA, ISP Captain Jeremy Kelly, ISP Lieutenant TJ Zeiser, ISP First Sergeant Tomson, and Lutheran EMS.
