A 23 year old woman from Kennebec has been identified as the pedestrian that died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash Sunday evening (Sept. 28, 2025, at 8:43pm) in Hughes County.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates 27 year old Taylor Reece Hanson from Rock Valley, Iowa, was the driver of a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country traveling westbound on Highway 34 near mile marker 231 in Hughes County, when his vehicle struck a pedestrian. Elvera Joan Driving Hawk was pronounced deceased at the scene. Hanson was not injured.
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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