NEW MADISON, Darke County — A 65-year-old Richmond, Indiana, man is believed to have suffered a medical event that led to a deadly single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in the village of New Madison, the Darke County Sheriff’s Office reports.
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Homer Howard was headed west on Rush when his Dodge Dakota pickup truck traveled off the right side of the road about 3:13 p.m., hit a utility pole and continued through a cornfield.
Howard's vehicle continued back across the road and off the left side, coming to a rest in the yard at 1549 Rush.
He died at the scene, the county coroner’s investigator said.