A Saturday night ATV accident in Martin County injured 53-year-old Nicholas Leidgen of Jasper.

DNR law enforcement officials say Leidgen was operating a 2012 Polaris ATV west bound on Rusk Road in southern Martin County, at approximately 9:00 p.m., when for unknown reasons the ATV left the roadway and overturned, throwing Leidgen from the machine.

The Town of Ferdinand’s yard waste collection area on East 23rd Street has seen some abuse of policy in recent weeks.  Continued abuse of the center could, potentially, force Town officials to close the facility to public use.

“Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen residential trash, shrubs with root balls still attached, and, most recently, treated lumber scraps were left there—all of which must be hand-sorted and removed,” said Ferdinand Town Manager Marc Steczyk.  “We are at one of our peak times of the year and, with limited staffing, we simply cannot afford to pull employees off of necessary tasks to do completely unnecessary work.

At approximately 7:42 p.m. Saturday the Indiana State Police responded to a one vehicle crash on Meridian Road just South of County Road 100S where five people were injured, one seriously, and the driver was arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence of marijuana.

Indiana State Police say Hector Vazquez Jr, 18, Huntingburg was driving a red 1996 Honda Civic southbound on Meridian Road at a high rate of speed. As he attempted to negotiate a curve he lost control and left the roadway striking a tree. Due to the high rate of speed the vehicle continued and hit another tree and then traveled back onto the roadway.