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Names Released in Hutchinson County Crash

Names Released in Hutchinson County Crash

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A Platte, S.D., woman has been identified as the person who died Sunday in a two-vehicle crash east of Parkston.

Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2014 Chevrolet Cruz was westbound on South Dakota Highway 44 when the driver failed to follow a roadway curve and the vehicle crossed into the eastbound lane. It collided with an eastbound 2007 Ford Mustang.

Terri Gunderson, the 51-year-old passenger in the Mustang, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, 59-year-old Ronald Hoeltzner, Sr., of Platte, sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Parkston hospital. Both were wearing seat belts.

Morgan Edelman, 19, of Menno, S.D., was the female driver of the Chevrolet, She suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Parkston hospital. She was not wearing a seat belt.

Charges are pending against both drivers.

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

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