DARKE COUNTY — Deputies say a Union City man crashed his pickup truck into a pond and walked away from the scene unharmed Saturday morning.
According to the Darke County Sheriff’s Office, crews were called to respond to an accident with a vehicle in a pond around 7:12 a.m. in the 300 block of State Route 571.
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After an investigation, it was discovered a vehicle had left the roadway and entered the pond and the driver was not accounted for.
Crews were unable to see the vehicle, because it was submerged in the water, the sheriff’s office said. Union City Fire, Union City Rescue, Piqua Fire Department Dive Team, and the Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dive team responded to the scene.
The dive teams assisted with the recovery of the vehicle and found that no one was located inside.
Further investigation revealed the 30-year-old man had been driving southeast on State Route 571 when he failed to negotiate a curve and drove his pickup truck off the left side of the road and came to a rest in a pond.
The driver walked away from the scene uninjured and did not report the accident, the sheriff’s office said.
He was later located and cited for leaving the scene of the accident, driving while under suspension and for failure to control a motor vehicle.
The accident remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.
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