Hutchinson County Fatal Crash
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Jan. 10, 2014
CONTACT: Capt. Alan Welsh or Lt. Paul Gerken, S.D. Highway Patrol 605-367-5700
Hutchinson County Fatal Crash
What: One-vehicle fatal crash
Where: SD Highway 37, seven miles north of Parkston, SD
When: Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, 9:47 a.m.
Driver: Barbara Armstrong, 85, Tripp, SD, fatal
Vehicle: 2004 Jeep Cherokee
PARKSTON, S.D. – A Tripp, S.D., woman died in a one-vehicle crash on S.D. Highway 37 about seven miles north of Parkston on Friday, Jan. 10.
Barbara Armstrong, 85, was northbound driving a 2004 Jeep Cherokee. She lost control of the vehicle on the icy road. The vehicle entered the east ditch and rolled, coming to rest on the driver’s side. Armstrong was not wearing a seatbelt. She was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.
No further information is immediately available.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. The Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Office and Parkston Fire Department assisted.
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