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FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION

Writer: DCSO
DCSO
Sep 3, 2023
1 min read

On September 3, 2023 at approximately 7:23 a.m. Darke County Deputies along with Gettysburg Fire and Rescue responded to a one-vehicle crash with unknown injuries in the 7400 block of US 36. Upon arrival of the first Deputy, it was determined this was a fatal crash.


Preliminary investigation revealed a silver 2016 Jeep Patriot driven by Mercedes Ballard 31, of Celina was traveling eastbound on US 36 when her vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway driving up an embankment and colliding with trees, causing the vehicle to spin and roll over onto the passenger side. The driver was mechanically extricated from the vehicle.


Further investigation revealed this crash had occurred sometime after midnight and not discovered until daylight.


Speed and alcohol are suspected in this crash.


This crash remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff's Office and Coroner's Office.

 
 
 

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Sprunki Mustard
Sprunki Mustard
Jul 13

My condolences to the family and friends affected by this tragic incident. It's important to prioritize safety on the roads. For more updates, you can check the Live Website Status.

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Sprunki Mustard
Sprunki Mustard
Jul 12

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samuel.wilson
Jun 22

Seeing “speed and alcohol are suspected” is just brutal, especially with how often rural routes feel forgiving until they aren’t. Also noticed the post reads like it got mixed with other updates — it reminded me of how sites can end up concatenating posts the way https://stylelooklab.com might separate topics more cleanly, but either way the core message here is sobering.

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samuel.wilson
Jun 22

The part that gets me is that it wasn’t discovered until daylight — that’s a long time for a crash scene to be sitting out there unnoticed. Random aside: I’d been messing around with imgg and it kind of hit me how fast we bounce between everyday stuff online and really heavy local news like this, all in the same scroll.

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