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ONE DEAD IN DARKE COUNTY HIT-AND-RUN

(Darke County, OH)--One person is dead as the result of a hit-and-run incident in Darke County Sunday night.  According to the Sheriff’s Department, it was just before 9 o’clock Sunday night when a female was found lying in the roadway on Yorkshire-Osgood Road, which is near Versailles.  She was pronounced dead at the scene.  Her name has not been released.  Investigators later determined that 34-year-old Jacob Giere had hit the victim while driving his truck and then fled the scene.  Giere was taken into custody.