FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 30, 2012

CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer, Lt. Alan Welsh or Lt. Paul Gerken, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700

            Lincoln County Injury Crash

What: One-vehicle injury crash

When: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 7:15 p.m.

Where: Interstate 29, mile marker 65, 11 miles south of Sioux Falls SD

Driver:  Tiffany Moore, 26, Sioux City, IA, life-threatening injuries

Passenger 1: Keith Jackson, 44, Sioux City, IA, no injuries

Passenger 2: Scott Moore, 25, Sioux City, IA, minor injuries

Passenger 3: Uriah Moore, 2, Sioux City, IA, serious, non-life threatening injures

Passenger 4: Sciann Jackson, 7-months, Sioux City, IA, no injuries

Vehicle: 2001 Ford Escape

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – An Iowa woman suffered life-threatening injuries in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 about 11 miles south of Sioux Falls on Saturday, July 28.

Tiffany Moore, 26, of Sioux City, was driving a 2001 Ford Escape northbound when she began to change lanes to pass a vehicle ahead of her. She had moved partway into the passing lane when she saw a vehicle beside her. She moved her vehicle sharply to the right to avoid a collision. The vehicle left the roadway and rolled down an embankment.

A 2-year-old in the back seat was not properly secured in a child safety seat and was ejected. Initial investigation indicates the child may have unbuckled the restraints while the vehicle was on the roadway. The child was taken to a Sioux Falls hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries.

Moore was wearing a seatbelt. She suffered life-threatening injuries and was air-lifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. Three other passengers were properly restrained.

No further details are immediately available.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Lincoln and the Division of Criminal Investigation assisted.

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