FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- An Ossian man pleaded guilty to two of seven charges after using an SUV to run over another man after a crash in Waynedale in April.

Initially charged with a slew of counts, including aggravated battery and obstruction of justice, Rodney A. Winters eventually pleaded guilty to a Level 5 felony count of battery causing serious bodily injury and a Level 6 felony count of leaving the scene of an accident with moderate or serious bodily injury.

In April of 2022, Winters, driving a white SUV, first rear-ended a burgundy van at the intersection of Ideal Avenue and Lower Huntington Road, according to court documents.

When the driver of the van got out to check the damage, Winters is accused of backing up his vehicle and then driving forward, court documents said. He struck

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