A DARKE COUNTY TEEN IS RECOVERING – FOLLOWING A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO THE DARKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – AROUND 4:50PM YESTERDAY – DARKE COUNTY DEPUTIES ALONG WITH ARCANUM RESCUE AND PITSBURG FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE 1600-BLOCK OF RED RIVER-WEST GROVE ROAD, FOR A ONE VEHICLE INJURY CRASH. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A WHITE 1991 FORD DUMP TRUCK, DRIVEN BY 16-YEAR-OLD CARL SCHLECHTY OF GREENVILLE, WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON RED RIVER-WEST GROVE ROAD, AND DROVE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, OVERCORRECTING AND DRIVING BACK OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY STRIKING A CREEK EMBANKMENT. SCHLECHTY WAS TRANSPORTED TO DAYTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOR HIS INJURIES.
