(12-18-19) On December 17, 2019 at 8:45 p.m. Darke County Sheriff Deputies along with Ansonia Police Department, Ansonia Rescue Squad, Ansonia Fire Department and Rossburg Fire Department were dispatched to a snowmobile accident in the 11,000 block of State Route 118.

Preliminary information revealed that a 1997 Red Ski Doo snowmobile driven by Jonathan Gehret (18), of Versailles, Ohio, was traveling westbound through a field. Mr. Gehret drove off the east side embankment of the North Fork Stillwater River and struck the west embankment. Gehret was pronounced deceased at the scene. Darke County Coronerโ€™s Office was requested to the scene by first responders.

This case will remain under investigation.