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One Dead in Watertown Crash

One Dead in Watertown Crash

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Saturday at approximately 8:35AM, the Watertown Police Department, along with the Codington County Sheriff’s Department, South Dakota Highway Patrol and Watertown Fire Rescue responded to a roadway fatality on the 20th Avenue truck bypass.
According to Police Corporal Juan Flores, A 2000 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Quentin Godes, lost control on the roadway and struck a tow truck operator assisting in removing another vehicle from the ditch. The operator suffered fatal injuries in the crash.
The Watertown Police Department has now confirmed that the Tow Truck Operator who was struck and killed Saturday morning was 47 year old Dale Jones of Watertown.

Charges are pending further investigation. The incident is being investigated by the Watertown Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team with assistance from the South Dakota Highway Patrol.

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