A teenage girl died and three people were injured last night (Aug. 1) in a two-vehicle crash northeast of Fort Thompson.
Preliminary information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates a 2009 Chevrolet Equinox was northbound on 349th Avenue and a 2018 Dodge Ram Pickup was southbound on 349th Avenue. The two vehicles collided on top of a hill crest.
The 17-year-old female driver of the Chevrolet was transferred by ambulance to the Chamberlain hospital where she was pronounced dead. She was wearing a seat belt.
All three male occupants of the Dodge pickup were injured. The 78-year-old driver suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and a 77-year-old passenger sustained minor injuries. Both were wearing seat belts and both were transferred to the Chamberlain hospital. The third passenger in the pickup received life-threatening injuries. He was first taken to the Wessington Springs hospital and then transferred to a Sioux Falls hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Names of the people involved are not yet being released.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
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