Mellette County, S.D.- A Rapid City woman has died from injuries sustained in a vehicle‑versus‑pedestrian crash that occurred September 23 in White River, South Dakota.
Preliminary crash information indicates that 23-year-old Nikki Thin Elk was walking south on U.S. 83 in the middle of the road. At the same time, 37-year-old Julio Ernesto Alonso Torres of Grand Island Nebraska, was traveling southbound in a 2016 Dodge Ram 3500 on U.S. 83 hauling a flatbed trailer. Alonso Torres attempted to brake and swerved when he saw Thin Elk. The Dodge struck Thin Elk. She was taken to a Rosebud hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
The investigation is ongoing. All information released is preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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