Moody County Fatal Crash
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer, Lt. Alan Welsh or Lt. Paul Gerken, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700
Moody County Fatal Crash
What: One-vehicle fatal crash
When: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 7:26 a.m.
Where: SD Highway 13 and 228th St, one mile north of Flandreau, SD
Driver: James E. Caulfield, Sr., 73, Ward, SD, fatal
Vehicle: 1990 Chevrolet pickup
FLANDREAU, S.D. – A Ward, S.D., man died in a single vehicle crash on S.D. Highway 13 a mile north of Flandreau on Tuesday, May 8.
James E. Caulfield, Sr., 73, was driving a 1990 Chevrolet pickup southbound when the vehicle left the highway, vaulted a field approach and rolled. Caulfield, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.
No further information is immediately available.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Flandreau Police Department and Moody County Sheriff’s Office assisted.
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