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LATEST: Sheriff’s office releases ID of woman hit, killed by car on state Route 49 in Darke County

DARKE COUNTY — UPDATE @ 4:54 p.m.: Dylayna Swallow, 23, of Greenville, is the person who was killed Thursday night while trying to cross state Route 49, the Darke County Sheriff’s Office said Friday afternoon.

Sheriff’s investigators also have evidence to believe a second vehicle, believed to have been headed north on 49, struck Swallow after a black 2005 Volvo S40 hit the woman.

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The accident, which occurred near the Sherwood Forest Mobile Home Court on Robin Hood Drive, was reported just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to sheriff’s dispatch. The location on 49 is north and west of Arcanum.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the Volvo, driven by 20-year-old Jasper Angle of Arcanum was headed southeast on 49 when he hit a pedestrian who was attempting to cross the road from a private drive.

Angle and his juvenile passenger were treated at the scene and released.

Investigators are asking anyone who has information about the second vehicle to call the sheriff’s office at 937-548-3399.


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