1 woman dead after crash in Darke County

A crash left a 31-year-old Celina woman dead over the holiday weekend in Darke County.

The crash victim was identified as Mercedes Ballard, according to the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies and Gettysburg Fire and Rescue responded to a one-vehicle crash around 7:20 a.m. Sunday in the 7400 block of U.S. 36.

The car traveled off the left side of the roadway, up an embankment and collided with trees, deputies said.

The crash had occurred sometime after midnight and was not discovered until daylight, deputies said.

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Speed and alcohol are suspected in this crash, deputies said.

The crash remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Office and county Coroner’s Office.

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