Jones County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  279th Avenue and 238th Street, four miles north of Draper, SD 
When:   6:50 p.m., Saturday, July 27, 2025

Driver 1: 37-year-old male from Murdo, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 1989 Ford Fire Tender
Seat belt Used: No

Jones County, S.D.- A Murdo firefighter died enroute to a large grass fire in a single vehicle crash Saturday evening, four miles north of Draper, SD.

The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members.

Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a 1989 Ford Fire Tender was traveling northbound on 279th Street while responding to a fire north of Draper. The vehicle left the roadway, rolled and ejected the driver, who was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

The South Dakota 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.