A 16-year-old male died and another person was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday evening three miles east of Burke.
The teen was driving a 1996 Chrysler Eagle Vision eastbound on South Dakota Highway 18 when it crossed the center line and collided head on with a westbound 2012 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup hauling a flatbed trailer.
The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
The 29-year-old male driver of the pickup sustained life-threatening injuries. He was taken by ambulance to the Burke hospital. then airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash. Names of the two people have not yet been released. They were the only persons involved.
