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Jan 13, 2026

CAREFLIGHT CALLED IN DARKE COUNTY CRASH


DARKE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A TWO-VEHICLE INJURY CRASH THAT HAPPENED MONDAY MORNING.

DEPUTIES RESPONDED AROUND SEVEN TWELVE A.M. TO THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE FORTY-NINE AND RED RIVER WEST GROVE ROAD, ALONG WITH PITTSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARCANUM RESCUE, AND CAREFLIGHT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A RED HYUNDAI SONATA DRIVEN BY EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALLYSON WAYMIRE OF ENGLEWOOD WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST ON STATE ROUTE FORTY-NINE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A BLACK LEXUS.

THE LEXUS WAS DRIVEN BY FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER WILKINS OF LAURA, WHO WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND PULLED INTO THE INTERSECTION.

WAYMIRE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL BY CAREFLIGHT. WILKINS WAS NOT INJURED. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.


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