Names Released in Meade County Fatal Crash

What:    Two vehicle fatal crash
Where:  Chaffee Place and Fairpoint Road, 15 miles northwest of Union Center, SD 
When:   4:45 p.m., Saturday, September 6, 2025

Driver 1: Sharon Frances Herron, 83-year-old female from Union Center, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2020 Honda Civic
Seat belt Used: Under investigation

Driver 2: Emma Jean Radabaugh, 19-year-old female from Enning, SD, minor injuries
Vehicle 2: 2002 Ford F350
Seat belt Used: Yes 

Meade County, S.D.- A Union Center woman died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday, Sept. 6, 15 miles northwest of Union Center, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Sharon Frances Herron, the driver of a 2020 Honda Civic, was traveling eastbound on Chaffee Place, a one lane, public maintained gravel road. At the same time, Emma Jean Radabaugh, the driver of a 2002 Ford F350, was traveling westbound on Chaffee Place. As both vehicles crested a hill, they collided head-on. 

Herron died at the scene. Radabaugh sustained minor injuries. 

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.