FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 20, 2023

CONTACT: Tony Mangan, Public Information Officer, 605-280-5648

Names Released In Lincoln County Fatal Crash

What:    Two-Vehicle Crash

Where:  276^th Street

              Four miles southeast of Tea, S.D.

When:   10:52 a.m., Friday, March 17, 2023

Driver  No. 1: Kathryn Thoreson, 71, Sioux Falls, S.D., Fatal Injuries

Vehicle: 2006 Dodge Durango

Driver  No. 2: Travis Grave, 32, Tea, S.D., No Injuries

Vehicle: 2014 Peterbilt Semi-truck and trailer

TEA, S.D. –  A Sioux Falls, S.D., woman has been identified as the person who died Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash southeast of Tea.

Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2006 Dodge Durango was westbound on 276^th Street when the driver lost control due to snow and ice on the roadway. The vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with an eastbound 2014 Peterbilt semi-truck and trailer.

Kathryn Thoreson, the 71-year-old driver of the Dodge, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her seatbelt use is under investigation.

Travis Grave, the 32-year-old male driver of the semi-truck, was not injured. He was wearing a seatbelt.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.

The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.

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Note: Records of state-reportable crashes are now available at http://www.safesd.gov/  Records should be available about 10 days after the investigation is complete.