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Names Released in Marshall County Fatal Farm Implement Accident
What: Two-vehicle crash
Where: 420th Ave and 119th St, 5 miles Northeast of Langford
When: 3:59 pm (CT), Friday, July 14, 2023
Driver No. 1: Anna Huggett, 21, No injuries, Long Prairie, MN
Vehicle No. 1: John Deere field sprayer
Driver No. 2: Michael Patton, 45, Fatal injuries, Andover, SD
Vehicle No. 2: 2017 Freightliner Cacadia semi-trailer truck
5 miles from Langford, S.D.- One person died Friday afternoon in a two vehicle crash five miles Northeast of Langford.
Preliminary crash information indicates Anna Huggett was operating a field sprayer when the boom of the sprayer came in contact with a parked semi-truck and trailer parked on 420th Avenue (minimum maintenance road) near 119th Street.
Michael Patton, the driver of the semi, was standing next to the trailer of the semi.
The sprayer boom of Vehicle No. 1 struck the parked semi-trailer and then struck Patton.
Michael Patton, age 45, was pronounced deceased while en route to the hospital.
Anna Huggett, age 21, the operator of the field sprayer was not injured.
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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