The Washington County Coroner’s office was notified of a fatality from a motor vehicle accident at 4:45 AM on Sunday. 25-year old Jeremiah McGovern of New Athens was pronounced dead at the scene of the single vehicle accident 20 minutes later by Washington County Coroner Mark Styninger.  McGovern was the apparent unrestrained driver of a vehicle traveling west on the Darmstadt Road approximately ½ mile east of Washington County Line Road, when he ran off the north side of the road, over corrected and ran off the south side of the road striking a steep ditch and flipping the vehicle over several times coming to rest on its side in a bean field.  Toxicology tests were performed by Coroner Styninger, there will not be an autopsy.  The accident continues to be investigated by the Washington County Sheriff’s Department and the Washington County Coroner’s office.