UPDATE @ 12:55 a.m.: A white Buick Riviera was headed west when it went off the left side of the roadway in the 5600 block of Arcanum Hollansburg Road, knocking down a utility pole and hitting a residential gas meter.
The driver appears to have fled, so deputies don't know whether anyone has been injured, Darke County sheriff's Sgt. Steve Mills said. Two officers are in Arcanum, looking for the driver.
There are some power outages in the area and a Vectren crew has been dispatched to cut off the gas.
There don't appear to be any skid marks, Mills said.
If the driver is located, that person could be charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to control a motor vehicle.
FIRST REPORT
Arcanum Hollansburg Road, just west of Arcanum in Darke County, is shut down until further notice after a car hit a residential gas meter and a telephone pole.
Whoever was in the four-door sedan was gone by the time sheriff's deputies and fire crews arrived. The accident in the 5600 block was dispatched about 11:30 p.m.
Assistant Chief Mark Gibson, Arcanum Fire Department, said there's no danger of explosion. Gas from the meter is shooting straight up into the air.
At 12:30 a.m., he said his crews and deputies are waiting on a Vectren crew to arrive and shut off the gas.
Phone lines were nearly brought down to the ground in the accident, the assistant chief said.
We will update this developing report as information becomes available.
