FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 29. 2009
CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer, 605-367-5700
Bon Homme County Fatal Accident
What: Fatal crash
When: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, 1:30 a.m.
Where: 292nd Street and 428th Ave., 4.5 miles east of Scotland, S.D.
SCOTLAND, S.D. – The driver of a vehicle involved in an early morning rollover crash Thursday near Scotland has died in a Sioux Falls hospital.
The name of the victim, the only occupant of the vehicle, hasn’t been released pending notification of next of kin.
The accident happened at 1:30 a.m. about 4.5 miles east of Scotland. The eastbound vehicle went off the north side of the road and rolled once. The driver wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. He was taken to the Scotland hospital and transferred by helicopter to Avera Health in Sioux, where he died about 10:30 a.m.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. The Scotland ambulance and fire department responded to the crash.
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