Local Pictures
Classified Ads
Obituaries
Sports
Forms
 Announce Births
 Engagements
 Weddings
Email Us
Buy A Copy
Schools
Communities
Local Links

click here to
SUBSCRIBE
to
The Daily
Standard
Newspaper

 

[ PREVIOUS STORIES ]

06-16-03: Accident claims life of Darke County woman

By MARGIE WUEBKER
The Daily Standard

    A St. Marys man escaped injury in a Saturday morning accident that claimed the life of a Greenville-area woman.
    The accident occurred at 6:55 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 127 and Warvel Road in rural Darke County.
    Rita J. Darner, 62, 6119 Beamsville-Union City Road, was northbound on U.S. 127 when her 2002 Chrysler Concord drifted left of center. It collided with a southbound Rumpke refuse truck driven by Joseph W. Remaklus, 149 Farnsworth Drive, St. Marys.
    Darner was taken by ambulance to Wayne Hospital, Greenville, and later transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, where she died early Sunday morning. Remaklus was not injured.
    Investigating officers were not available this morning to indicate whether either driver was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. Information from the sheriff's office also did not indicate the age of Remaklus.
    The accident remains under investigation. This marks the fifth fatality on Darke County roads this year.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY STANDARD

Phone: (419)586-2371,   Fax: (419)586-6271
All content copyright 2003
The Standard Printing Company
P.O. Box 140, Celina, OH 45822