Woman from Woonsocket killed in Thursday afternoon accident in Jerauld County

AUGUST 10, 2022:

A 70 year old woman from Woonsocket has been identified as the person who died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday about 4:15pm (Aug. 4, 2022) six miles southwest of Woonsocket in Jerauld County.

Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates that 72 year old David Kogel of Woonsocket was driving a 2015 Toyota Rav4 westbound on 230^th Street when he failed to yield for a yield sign at the intersection with 393^rd Avenue. The Toyota collided with a 2003 Sterling Dump Truck which was southbound on 393^rd Avenue. The dump truck went into the west ditch and rolled.

Karen Kogel, the female passenger in the Toyota, was pronounced dead at the scene. The David Kogel sustained life-threatening injuries. The three passengers– 2 and 13 year old girls and an 8 year old boy– received minor injuries.

Tanner Grohs, 45, of Wessington Springs was the driver of the dump truck and suffered minor injuries.

All occupants in both vehicles were wearing seatbelts.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

AUGUST 6, 2022:

A 70 year old woman died and five other people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday about 4:15pm (Aug. 4, 2022) six miles southwest of Woonsocket.

Names of the six people involved are not yet being released.

Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates that a 2015 Toyota Rav4 was westbound on 230^th Street when the driver failed to yield for a yield sign at the intersection with 393^rd Avenue. It collided with a 2003 Sterling Dump Truck which was southbound on 393^rd Avenue. The dump truck went into the west ditch and rolled.

A 70-year-old female passenger in the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene. The 72-year-old male driver sustained life-threatening injuries. The three passengers received minor injuries. The 45-year-old male driver of the dump truck suffered minor injuries. All occupants in both vehicles were wearing seatbelts.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.