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Names Released in Hanson County Fatal Crash

Names Released in Hanson County Fatal Crash

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A Salem, S.D., woman has been identified as the person who died Tuesday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash northeast of Farmer.

Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2004 Dodge pickup was westbound on 252nd Street near 428th Avenue when the driver lost control of the vehicle on loose gravel. The vehicle went into the north ditch and rolled.

Donna Ratliff, the 50-year-old driver, was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Summer Ratliff of Salem, S.D., the 24-year-old female passenger, was partially ejected from the vehicle. She suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and was transported by ambulance to a Sioux Falls hospital. Neither person was wearing a seatbelt.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.

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