Lincoln County Fatal Crash

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Aug. 6, 2012

CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer, Lt. Alan Welsh or Lt. Paul Gerken, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700

 

            Lincoln County Fatal Crash

 

What: One-vehicle fatal crash

When: Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, 5:20 p.m.

Where: Interstate 29, mile marker 64, about two miles north of Canton, SD, exit

 

Driver:  Samuel Cody Murphy, 23, Oakview, MO, no injuries

Passenger 1: Jason Thomas Keller, 30, Edgerton, MO, no injuries

Passenger 2: William D. Daugherty, 29, Edgerton, MO, no injuries

Passenger 3: Devlin D. Reid, 25, St. Louis, MO, fatal

Passenger 4: Keith E. Huggins, 22, St. Louis, MO, injuries

Passenger 5: Michael C. Hayes, 25, St. Louis, MO, injuries

Vehicle: 2005 Ford Excursion

 

CANTON, S.D. – A Missouri man died in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 about two miles north of the Canton exit on Sunday, Aug. 5.

 

Devlin D. Reid, 25, of St. Louis, was one of six occupants in a 2005 Ford Excursion driven by Samuel Cody Murphy, 23, of Oakview, Mo. Preliminary investigation indicates a tire blew out on the vehicle, and Murphy lost control. The vehicle entered the ditch and rolled.

 

Reed was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the vehicle. He was transported to a Sioux Falls hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Passengers, Michael C. Hayes, 25, and Keith E. Huggins, 22, both of St. Louis, were taken to a Sioux Falls hospital with injuries. The other three occupants remained in the vehicle.

 

All six occupants of the vehicle worked for a company in Platte City, Mo., and were traveling to Sioux Falls to work.

 

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office assisted.

 

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