One particular person died and one other particular person was injured Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 14, 2023, 12:30pm) in a three-vehicle crash east of Beresford.
Names of the three individuals concerned haven’t but been launched.
Preliminary crash data from the South Dakota Freeway Patrol signifies {that a} 2007 Kenworth Semi-truck and trailer was eastbound on South Dakota Freeway 46. The motive force swerved to keep away from rear-ending an eastbound pickup which was turning into a personal driveway. The semi-truck and trailer crossed into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a westbound 2012 Kenworth semi-truck and trailer.
The 76-male driver of the 2007 Kenworth was not sporting a seatbelt and was thrown from the truck. He was pronounced useless on the scene. The 38-year-old male driver of the 2012 Kenworth, who was sporting a seatbelt, obtained critical non-life threatening accidents and was transported by ambulance to a Sioux Falls hospital. The 45-year-old male driver of the pickup was sporting a seatbelt and was not injured.
The 2012 Kenworth semi-truck and trailer was hauling ethanol gasoline. A hazardous supplies workforce responded to the scene. South Dakota Freeway 46 west of Beresford was closed to site visitors for six hours.
South Dakota’s Freeway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Freeway Patrol is an company of the South Dakota Division of Public Security.