Darke
County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff
warns motorists to be alert
to roadway volunteers
Sixth annual Trash Bash to be held
April 20 and 21
Darke
County Sheriff Toby L.
Spencer and the Darke County Solid Waste Management District Director
Krista
Fourman would like to advise motorists to use caution while traveling
Darke
County roadways in the upcoming weekend.
On
April 20th and April 21st Darke
County Solid Waste Management District will be holding its 6th Annual
Trash Bash. Over
1250 volunteers and organizations will
be cleaning up 630 miles of Darke County and Township roads. These volunteers will be
walking along
roadways and picking up trash. The
volunteer’s vehicles will be parked along or near the roads where the
trash
pick up is occurring. Participants
should be wearing safety orange colored shirts to increase visibility. Trash pick up is scheduled
to occur from dawn
to dusk on Saturday and Sunday April 20th and 21st.
Motorists
are advised to slow down
and pay attention to volunteers working near the roadway. As always you should not
engage in distracted
driving while operating a vehicle and keep your attention focused on
driving
your vehicle. Practice
defensive driving
techniques by looking ahead and being prepared for any problems that
may occur.
Darke
County deputies will be
patrolling Darke County roadways and enforcing traffic laws. Always wear your seat belt
and take the time
to look both ways at intersections.
Lets
all work together to make Darke County roadways safe for volunteers and
other
motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.
Mark
E. Whittaker
Chief
Deputy
Darke
County Sheriff's Office
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