GREGORY, S.D. – The highway patrol says a 15-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 15-year-old female passenger was fatally injured in a one-car crash four miles west of Gregory, SD, Sunday morning.
The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members.
Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer was traveling east on US Highway 18 near mile marker 276 when the vehicle drove onto the shoulder which was under construction. While re-entering the roadway, the vehicle spun and entered the south ditch and rolled, ejecting the passenger.
Both occupants were air lifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. The driver sustained life threatening injuries and the passenger died from her injuries at the hospital.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
