Accident on I-90 near Kimball involving wrong way vehicle kills one

KIMBALL, S.D. – One person died and another person was injured late Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash near Kimball.

Names of the two people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members

A Peterbilt semi-truck and trailer was eastbound on Interstate 90 when it was struck by a 2014 Toyota 4 Runner SUV that was westbound in the eastbound lanes.

The 30-year-old male driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. The 60-year-old male driver of the semi-truck, who was wearing a seat belt, sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Chamberlain hospital.

Both eastbound lanes were closed to traffic for a time after the crash. The accident happened around 10:55 p.m. Thursday.

South Dakota Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash.

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