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Darke Co. Deputy Injured In Deer Collision

Posted: 9:23 pm EDT June 16, 2009Updated: 3:12 pm EDT June 17, 2009

The Ohio State Patrol post out of Dayton is investigating a crash that involved a Darke County sheriff’s cruiser.

The collision happened around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on State Route 49 just north of Gettysburg-Pitsburg Road near the village of Pitsburg.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the cruiser hit a deer. Investigators said when other deputies arrived at the scene, the deer was inside the cruiser.

Hanes was taken to Wayne Hospital in Greenville, where he was treated and released.

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