ST CHARLES, S.D. – One person died and four others were injured early Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash east of St. Charles.
Names of the five people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members.
Preliminary crash information indicates that both vehicles were westbound on U.S. Highway 18. The 55-year-old female driver of a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado did a U-turn and collided with a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado pickup. The driver of the 2011 Chevrolet pickup, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 42-year-old male driver of the 2008 Chevrolet pickup, who was wearing a seat belt, sustained serious non-life threatening injuries. Charges are pending against him. The two female passengers were airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
