Name Released in Butte County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  SD Highway 34, mile marker 13, three miles west of Belle Fourche, SD
When:   12:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Driver 1: Randy Arthur Dockendorf, 69-year-old male from Arlington, TX, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2017 Toyota Sienna
Seatbelt Use: Yes

Butte County, S.D.- A 69-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash near Belle Fourche, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Randy A. Dockendorf, the driver of a 2017 Toyota Sienna was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 34 near mile marker 13. For an unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway and entered the ditch, struck a driveway approach and came to rest in an irrigation ditch. Dockendorf died from his 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.