Two people from Duchess, Alberta, Canada have been identified as those who died Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash east of Colome. Five other people were injured.
Preliminary crash information indicates a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup was westbound on U.S. Highway 18 when it crossed the centerline and collided head on with an eastbound 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 pickup pulling a cattle trailer.
Two occupants in the GMC pickup died as a result of their injuries. Darsey Larson, a 40-year-old female passenger, died at the Winner hospital while Koye Larson, a 14-year-old male passenger, was pronounced dead at the Gregory hospital. Kyle Larson of Duchess, Alberta, Canada, the 45-year-old male driver, suffered life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. All three occupants were wearing seat belts.
Three of the four occupants of the Ford pickup sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and all three were transported to Sioux Falls hospitals. All but the female passenger were wearing seat belts. Charges are pending against the driver, 33-year-old Justin Hurtado of Winner.
That section of U.S. Highway 18 was closed to traffic for about seven hours.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
