OCTOBER 24, 2022:
A Brentford woman has been identified as the person who died Tuesday morning (Oct. 18, 2022) in a two-vehicle crash that occurred one mile northwest of Wallace.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates Jacklyn Fortin was driving a 2019 GMC Terrain SUV westbound on South Dakota Highway 20, near the intersection with 436th Avenue, when the vehicle crossed the centerline and collided head-on with an eastbound 2019 Kenworth Semi-tractor and trailer.
The 32-year-old Fortin was pronounced dead at the scene. Her seatbelt use is under investigation. The 33-year-old male driver of the semi-tractor trailer, Joshua Gates from Gilman, Iowa, was not injured. He was wearing a seatbelt.
That section of Highway 20 was closed to traffic for about five hours.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
OCTOBER 19, 2022:
One person died Tuesday morning (Oct. 18, 2022) in a two-vehicle crash that occurred one mile northwest of Wallace.
Names of the two people involved have not yet been released.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates that a 2019 GMC Terrain SUV was westbound on South Dakota Highway 20, near the intersection with 436th Avenue, when the vehicle crossed the centerline and collided head-on with an eastbound 2019 Kenworth Semi-tractor and trailer.
The 32-year-old female driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. Her seatbelt use is under investigation. The 33-year-old male driver of the semi-tractor trailer was not injured. He was wearing a seatbelt.
That section of Highway 20 was closed to traffic for about five hours.
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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