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THANKS FOR JOINING US.
NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT
ABOUT THE MAN WHO DROVE HIS
SUV INTO A POND NEAR MEIJER
EARLIER THIS WEEK.DEPUTIES
BELIEVE HE WAS INVOLVED IN A
2ND 1-CAR INCIDENT.NEWS 18'S
BRITTANY TYNER REPORTS..
BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE.. A
TIPPECANOE COUNTY MAN IS OUT
MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.#@
BUCKWORTH: "HE CAME IN AND
HIT THE MAILBOX OVER HERE AND
TRIED TO GO THROUGH RIGHT HERE
BUT I DON'T KNOW, FOR SURE,
HOW HE DID CIRCLES RIGHT HERE
IN THE YARD."BRITTANY: THE
TIRE TRACKS IN THE YARD AT 103
PINEVIEW LANE SHOW IT ALL.
DREW BUCKWORTH'S NEIGHBORS
WATCHED AS A TAN CHEVY BLAZER
DROVE THROUGH HIS YARD MONDAY
AFTERNOON. BUT THE TIRE
DAMAGE. THE SUV HIT
BUCKWORTH'S WELL PUMP.
BUCKWORTH: "IT COSTS AROUND
$1,200 TO FIX. LUCKILY, HE
DIDN'T DAMAGE IT FULLY BECAUSE
FIVE MORE INCHES DOWN, THEY
SAID HE WOULD HAVE
CONTAMINATED THE WATER."
NEIGHBORS SAW THE WHOLE THING
AND CALLED THE TIPPECANOE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEIR
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUV MATCHES
THE DESCRIPTION OF TRAVIS
MCCURRY'S VEHICLE.. THE ONE
PULLING OUT OF THE MEIJER
PARKING LOT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
BUCKWORTH: "WHY DID HE COME
HERE AND DESTROY THE YARD AND
THEN END UP IN THE MEIJER POND
BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD FIVE
MINUTE DRIVE FROM HERE."
BRITTANY: AT THE TIME..
LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICERS SAID
MCCURRY CRASHED INTO THE POND
BECAUSE OF UNSPECIFIED MEDICAL
ISSUES. AS FOR BUCKWORTH'S
INCIDENT.. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES
SAY MCCURRY TOLD THEM HE
DIDN'T REMEMBER DOING IT
BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING A
SEIZURE. EITHER WAY..
BUCKWORTH IS JUST GLAD
EVERYBODY WAS SAFE.
BUCKWORTH: "I'M GLAD THAT
NOBODY WAS HURT IN THIS WHOLE
THING. EVERYBODY WAS AT SCHOOL
DURING THE TIME SO NO KIDS
WERE OUT."BRITTANY: DEPUTIES
DON'T BELIEVE CRIMINAL
REPORTING IN LAFAYETTE,
BRITTANY TYNER, NEWS 18.@#
MISCHIEF IS A FACTOR.
BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2009..
NEWS 18 REPORTED THAT TRAVIS
MCCURRY CRASHED HIS A-T-V ON
SOUTH SPRINGBORO ROAD NEAR THE
TIPPECANOE- WHITE COUNTY LINE.
WE REPORTED THAT HE SUFFERED A
HEAD INJURY.CONSERVATION