UPDATE: Medical issue leads to deadly Darke County crash; Driver ID’d

Eley was driving a 2010 GMC Acadia south on state Route 121 around 4:45 p.m. Thursday, approaching U.S. 36 West when the GMC traveled through the roundabout, striking a road sign. The GMC then went off the right side of the road and came to rest in a ditch, according to the sheriff’s office.

Witnesses stopped to aid Eley, who was unresponsive in the driver’s seat. He was the only occupant in the vehicle.

“Mr. Eley suffered a medical emergency while driving and his death was not as a result of a motor vehicle accident,” the sheriff’s office stated. “The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office ruled Mr. Eley died of natural causes.”