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Deputies identify 2 killed in Darke County motorcycle crash

Darke County double fatal

JACKSON TWP., Darke County — A man and woman from Union City, Indiana were killed following a crash between their motorcycle and a pickup truck in Darke County Saturday afternoon, according to deputies.

The crash was reported at the intersection of Coletown-Lightsville Road and state Route 47 around 4:15 p.m. Saturday.

Douglas Shaneyfelt, 55, and Hope Shaneyfelt, 48, both occupants of a motorcycle were pronounced dead at the scene, according to deputies.

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The driver of the pickup truck, identified as Levi Livingston, 22, of New Weston, was not injured in the crash, investigators said.

A preliminary investigation found Livingston was traveling east on state Route 47 and attempted to turn into the northbound lanes of Coletown-Lightsville Road. While making the turn, Livingston crashed into the motorcycle, driven by Douglas Shaneyfelt, that was traveling west on Coletown-Lightsville Road.

Neither of the Shaneyfelts were wearing helmets at the time of the crash, deputies said.

Additional details were not released.

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