MAY 18, 2023:
The names of two people who died Saturday evening (May 13, 2023) in a two-vehicle crash east of Plankinton have been released.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near mile marker 311 when it collided head-on with a westbound 2024 Kenworth semi-tractor trailer combination.
Owen Robert Gjerdahl, 17, of Mitchell, S.D. was the driver of the Crown Victoria. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Jeffrey Duane McGhee Jr., 29, of Mt. Vernon, S.D., was a passenger in the Crown Victoria. He also was not wearing a seatbelt. Both Gjerdahl and McGhee were pronounced dead at the scene. Francisco Parra-Navarro, 63, of Sioux Falls was the driver of the semi-truck. Parra-Navarro was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
MAY 15, 2023:
Two people died Saturday evening (May 13, 2023, 9:46pm) in a two-vehicle crash three miles east of Plankinton.
Names of the three persons involved have not yet been released.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near mile marker 311 when it collided head on with a westbound 2024 Kenworth semi-tractor trailer combination.
The 17-year-old male driver and the 29-year-old male passenger of the Ford were pronounced dead at the scene. Both occupants of the Ford were not wearing their seatbelts. The 63-year-old male driver of the semi-truck was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.
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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