HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – A 26-year-old Hot Springs man was fatally injured after colliding with a semi near Hot Springs, SD Friday morning.
Preliminary crash information indicates Joseph Daniel Myers, the driver of a 2003 Honda Accord was traveling eastbound on US Highway 18 near mile marker 25, passing another eastbound vehicle.
Myers lost control of his vehicle and entered the westbound lane, and was struck by an oncoming semi, driven by Gregory S. McKinney. Myers was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. McKinney was not injured.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.