SEPTEMBER 21, 2024:
A construction zone worker died Tuesday (Sept. 17, 2024, at 12:55pm) from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash two miles east of Wessington, SD.
Preliminary crash information indicates 27 year old Tiburcio Gonzalez, Jr. of Mathis, Texas, the driver of a 2022 Dodge Ram, was traveling westbound on US Highway 14 near mile marker 319 and entered a construction zone. 44 year old Sandra Guerra Ceballos from Eddyville, Nebraska, a construction worker ‘Flagger,’ was on on-scene directing westbound traffic to slow down and stop. Gonzalez had stopped as directed. As 47 year old Eric James Kunkel of Mitchell, the driver of a 2023 International MV607, approached from the same direction, he collided with the Dodge, and then struck Ceballos.
Ms. Ceballos suffered fatal injuries. The two drivers and a passenger in the 2022 Dodge Ram, 32 year old Jose Gabriel Mendoza Naba from Mathis, Texas, sustained minor injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024:
A construction zone worker died Tuesday (Sept. 17, 2024, at 12:55pm) from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash two miles east of Wessington, SD.
The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members.
Preliminary crash information indicates the 27 year old male driver of a 2022 Dodge Ram was traveling westbound on US Highway 14 near mile marker 319 and entered a construction zone. A flagger directed westbound traffic to stop, which the driver of the Dodge did, as directed. Meanwhile, a 2023 International truck (MV607) driven by a 47 year old male, was also westbound. The truck hit the Dodge and then also hit the flagger, who was fatally injured. The two drivers sustained minor injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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