A 35-year-old man from Rapid City has been identified as the person killed in a two-vehicle crash 16 miles west of Gettysburg late Thursday night (June 18).
The South Dakota Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Mariah LeBeau of Aberdeen was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo westbound on U.S. Highway 212 when she lost control as the vehicle entered a right-turning curve. The vehicle crossed the center line and collided with an eastbound 2013 Ford F350 pickup.
Passenger Joseph Skye was pronounced dead at the scene. LeBeau sustained life-threatening injuries, was transported via ambulance to the Gettysburg hospital, then airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. Neither occupant was wearing a seat belt.
The driver of the pickup, 19-year-old Calen Decker of Gettysburg was wearing a seat belt.
Charges are pending against both drivers.
