An Arlington man has died of injuries sustained in a one-vehicle crash Aug. 29, 2022, four miles west of Erwin.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates that a 2012 Kenworth semi-truck and trailer was eastbound on 200th Street when the passenger side tires went off the roadway. The semi-truck and trailer went down the embankment and overturned onto the passenger side.
The driver, 71-year-old Dean Royer, was not wearing a seatbelt and was partially ejected. He was transported by ambulance to the DeSmet hospital and was later flown to a St. Paul, MN hospital. He died Sept. 7, 2022, in St. Paul.
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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