Two Osgood residents were killed Monday morning, November 9, in a two-vehicle crash on North Star-Fort Loramie Road in Darke County, according to the Darke County Sheriff’s Office, as reported by WDTN.
The sheriff’s office said a Dodge Charger was traveling east on North Star-Fort Loramie Road shortly after 9 a.m. when it struck a Chevrolet Aveo traveling in the same lane, WDTN reported. The Aveo then crossed the center line and went off the left side of the road, where it overturned several times.
Both people in the Aveo were ejected from the vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office account reported by WDTN. The driver, Kenneth Goubeaux, 66, was flown by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. His front-seat passenger, Rita Goubeaux, 97, also of Osgood, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Charger was treated at the scene and released, WDTN reported. No other injuries were reported in the sheriff’s office account.
The Darke County Sheriff’s Office Accident Reconstruction Team and the Darke County Coroner’s Office assisted with the investigation, according to WDTN’s reporting of the sheriff’s office release. The sheriff’s office said the crash remains under investigation.
North Star-Fort Loramie Road runs through northern Darke County near the villages of North Star and Osgood. The sheriff’s office has not announced a cause for the crash or any charges in the reports available so far, and investigators have not said what led the Charger to strike the Aveo. NewsForce247 will update this story if the sheriff’s office releases additional findings.