Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a crash over the weekend that also resulted in multiple charges. Around 9:35pm Saturday – Darke County Deputies along with Gettysburg Fire and Gettysburg Rescue were dispatched to the area of US 36 and Willow Lake Drive in Darke County on the report of a motor vehicle accident with possible injury.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2025 Kia K5 driven by 22-year-old Dalton Bishop of Gettysburg, Ohio was traveling eastbound on US 36 when Bishop lost control of the vehicle and traveled of the left side of the roadway. Bishop’s vehicle struck a telephone pole and a fence before coming to a rest. Also inside the vehicle was his front seat passenger, 20-year-old Karign Schmackers of Conover, Ohio, a juvenile front seat passenger and three additional juveniles in the back seat of the vehicle.
All occupants of the vehicle had minor injuries and were treated at the scene. Bishop was arrested for OVI and child endangerment. Schmackers was also cited for child endangerment. The juveniles were released to their parents.
This accident remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.