CUSTER, S.D. – A 24-year-old Rapid City man died and another was seriously injured Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash at Carroll Creek Road and US Highway 385 near Custer, SD.
Preliminary crash information indicates James E. Scragg, the driver of a 2017 Freightliner, was traveling northbound on US 385 at the intersection of Carroll Creek Road. At the same time, Seamus A. Eliason, the driver of a 2013 Chevrolet Express G2500, was also northbound on US 385, approaching the intersection. Eliason failed to stop and wait for the Freightliner to make the left turn and collided with the rear of the Freightliner.
Eliason was pronounced deceased at the scene. Scragg suffered serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
