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Dec 11, 2024
Darke County Sheriff's Office reports on 4 injury accidents in the last 2 days
On December 9, 2024 at approximately 4:39 pm Darke County Deputies along with Greenville Township Rescue, Greenville Township Fire and Greenville Fire Department were dispatched to the intersection of State Route 49 and Heritage Road in reference to an injury accident.
Preliminary investigation revealed a silver a 2008 Toyota Matrix, driven by a Terry Cameron (71) of Arcanum, Ohio Was traveling south on Sweitzer Street when Cameron side swiped a vehicle that was stopped at the traffic light of Sweitzer Street and Fair Street. The vehicle was a gray 2015 Toyota Highlander, driven by a Brian Hott (51) of Greenville, Ohio with a passenger, Amanda Neff (48) of Greenville, Ohio. After the initial crash Cameron continued south bound on Sweitzer Street approaching State Route 49. Hott attempted to get Cameron to pull over and got in front of Cameron’s vehicle. Cameron then rear-ended Hott and both vehicles continued south bound. When approaching the intersection of State Route 49 and Heritage Road. Cameron went off the road to the right striking a Utility pole causing power lines to come down and the vehicle came to rest when Cameron struck a tree. A white 2023 Ford Transit van driven by Maurice Herron (55) of Greenville was traveling southbound on State Route 49 when he struck low hanging wires causing minor damage to his vehicle.
Cameron was transported by Greenville rescue to Wayne HealthCare where it discovered that Cameron was having a medical emergency during this accident. Hott transported Neff to Wayne HealthCare for apparent minor injuries.
December 9, 2025
On December 9, 2024 at approximately 3:08 pm Darke County Deputies along with Arcanum rescue and Arcanum Fire Department responded to the 2800 block of State Route 49 reference a single vehicle injury accident.
Preliminary investigation revealed a white 2017 Ram truck, driven by Brandy Bercaw (46) of Union City, OH was northbound on State Route 49 when traveled left of the centerline and off the left side of roadway. Bercaw traveled north through the ditch striking a creek bank, coming to rest in the water.
Bercaw was transported to Wayne Healthcare for her injuries and later transported to Miami Valley Hospital. Drugs are believed to be a factor in the accident.
This accident remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.
On December 10, 2024 at approximately 3:34 PM Darke County Deputies along with Bradford Rescue and Bradford Fire Department responded to 9717 Horatio-Harris Creek Road for a reported single tractor injury accident into a pole.
Preliminary investigation revealed a Kubota LA681 driven by, Mary Flora (22) of Bradford, was traveling East bound on Horatio- Harris Creek Road when she traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a utility pole.
Flora was transported to Wayne HealthCare by Bradford Rescue. Flora was later transferred to Kettering Hospital by Bradford Rescue for a potential medical emergency that occurred prior to the accident. Flora was treated and released from Kettering Hospital.
On December 10, 2024 at approximately 4:49 PM Darke County Deputies along with Greenville Township Rescue, Greenville Township Fire, Greenville Fire Department and CareFlight responded to the intersection of US Route 127 and Hunter Road in reference to a head-on injury accident.
Preliminary investigation revealed a white 2023 Kenworth dump truck driven by, Layne Washington (26) of Greenville was northbound on US Route 127 when he failed to yield while making a left turn onto Hunter Road. Washington struck a southbound black Ford Focus driven by, Monaka Ridgway (39) of Greenville. After the head-on impact both vehicles came to rest in the ditch.
Ridgway and Washington were both treated and released from the scene. Ridgway’s front seat passenger, Arreis Sprowl (19) of Greenville was extricated by mechanical means and transported to Miami Valley Hospital by CareFlight where she is listed in good condition.
