County Police investigate crash at U.S. 31 and Michigan Road and 13th Road south of Plymouth

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM

By Kathy Bottorff

Officer Johnson with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department investigated a two-vehicle crash with injuries on Thursday, August 7^th at 11:11 a.m.

The crash report states that 78-year-old Chancey Dennie of Argos was northbound on Michigan Road in a 2021 GMC Sierra. As he attempted to cross U.S. 31 at 13^th Road to go westbound, he pulled out in front of a vehicle.

36-year-old Branden Eckholm of Noblesville was traveling north on U.S. 31 in the fast lane in a silver Nissan Frontier. With no time to react, Eckholm struck Dennie’s vehicle on the front driver's side.

Both vehicles came to rest in the median at the intersection of U.S. 31 and 13th Road. Four patients were transported to the hospital to be checked for their minor injuries, including the drivers and passengers, 76-year-old Nancy Dennie and 36-year-old Tyler Pacitti.

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