MAY 2, 2024:
An 81 year old man from Dupree has been identified as the person who died as a result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash April 12, 2024, two miles west of Fort Pierre.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates Lawrence Woodward was driving a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado on US Highway 14 and crossed over into the oncoming lane. The driver of a 2010 Dodge Ram, 53 year old Kellie Sipes from Mora, Minnesota, was in the oncoming lane. She tried to swerve to avoid the Silverado, but was unable to do so and the two vehicles collided on the passenger side of each truck. Both drivers sustained injuries and were transported by AMR ambulance to Avera St. Mary Hospital in Pierre for treatment.
Sipes sustained serious non-life-threatening injuries. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
Woodward died on April 27 as a result of his injuries. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
APRIL 29, 2024:
An 81-year-old man has died as a result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash on the afternoon of April 12, 2024, two miles west of Fort Pierre.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates the driver of a 2018 Chevy Silverado was traveling on US Highway 14 and crossed over into the oncoming lane. The driver of a 2010 Dodge Ram was in the oncoming lane and tried to swerve around to avoid the Silverado, but was unable to do so, resulting in a head on collision, on the passenger side of each truck. Both drivers sustained injuries and were transported by Pierre AMR ambulance to Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre for treatment.
However, on April 28, the driver of the Silverado died as a result of his injuries.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
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