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One Dead in Brule County Crash

One Dead in Brule County Crash

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One person died and another person was injured late Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash near Kimball.
Names of the two people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members.
A Peterbilt semi-truck and trailer was eastbound on Interstate 90 when it was struck by a 2014 Toyota 4 Runner SUV that was westbound in the eastbound lanes.
The 30-year-old male driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. The 60-year-old male driver of the semi-truck, who was wearing a seat belt, sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Chamberlain hospital.
Both eastbound lanes were closed to traffic for a time after the crash.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash. All information is only preliminary at this time.

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