DARKE COUNTY — UPDATED @ 11:20am
The Darke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash that injured two people, causing one of them be flown to a local hospital.
The crash happened around 6:50 a.m. Friday at the intersection of U.S. Route 127 and State Route 503 and involved a semi-tractor trailer and another vehicle.
According to a release from the Darke Co. Sheriff’s Office, the preliminary investigation showed that Brian Baugh, 42, of Camden was traveling northbound on U.S. 127 in a 2012 Kenworth tractor trailer. The release said as Baugh approached Route 503, a 1998 Honda Civic driven by Nicholas Daniels, 34, of Greenville failed to stop at the stop sign and struck the right rear of Baugh’s semi-trailer.
Daniel’s vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway where it landed in a ditch. He was taken by MedFlight to Miami Valley Hospital with unknown injuries. Baugh was treated at the scene.
Tri-Village Rescue and New Madison Fire also responded to the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
Initial Report:
A medical helicopter was requested to a crash involving a collision between a semi and another vehicle, according to initial dispatch reports.
The Darke County Sheriff’s said crews were dispatch to an injury crash on US-127 at Ohio 503 around 6:52 a.m.
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Dispatch records tell us that when crews arrived at the scene, MedFlight was called.
One person was air transported to an area hospital for their injuries.
Further details have not been made available at this time.
We will update this story once we learn more.