One woman died yesterday afternoon (May 31, 2022) after a two-vehicle crash five miles west of Rapid City.
Names of the three people involved are not yet being released.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates a 2010 Buick LaCrosse was eastbound on U.S. Highway 16 when the vehicle veered to the right and struck a guardrail. The Buick then crossed both eastbound lanes, went through the median and into the westbound lanes where it collided head-on with a westbound 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport.
The 78-year-old female driver of the Buick suffered life-threatening injuries. She later died at a Rapid City hospital. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
Both occupants of the Hyundai had to be extricated from the vehicle. They suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and were transported to a Rapid City hospital. Both were wearing seatbelts.
U.S. Highway 16 was shut down for 48 minutes and then limited to one lane opened for 12 additional minutes before the scene was completely reopened to traffic.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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