DARKE COUNTY – On Thursday morning at approximately 8:07 A.M., Darke County Deputies, along with Gettysburg Fire and Rescue, Greenville Township Rescue, Bradford Rescue, and CareFlight were dispatched to the intersection of Auld Road and New Harrison Bradford Road, Gettysburg. This was in reference to a two-vehicle accident with serious injury.
Preliminary investigation revealed a white 2018 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Rodney Sneed (64) of Greenville, was traveling south on Auld Road. Sneed was hauling a thirty-foot flatbed trailer. Mr. Sneed was stopped in the roadway, waiting to turn left onto New Harrison Bradford. Once able to, Mr. Sneed began his left turn. Sneed failed to yield the right of way to a northbound 2007 silver Chrysler Sebring, driven by Joy Marsh (27) of Gettysburg. Also in the vehicle were Marsh’s two children, Owen (6) and Wesley (4). Marsh struck the right front of Mr. Sneed’s vehicle.
Sneed was unharmed in this accident. Marsh suffered a serious injury and was mechanically removed from the vehicle. Owen and Wesley were both removed from the vehicle and seriously injured. One was flown by CareFlight to the Children’s Hospital. Marsh and her second child were flown together in a second helicopter by CareFlight as well.
This accident remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.
