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Authorities identify teen killed in Codington County crash

FLORENCE, S.D. –  A Florence, S.D., male has been identified as the person who died Friday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash south of Florence.

Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2006 Chevy Impala was westbound on 165th Street when it crossed the center line, went into the south ditch, and rolled.

Taryn Sumner, the 16-year-old driver, was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

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