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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016
Contact: Capt. Alan Welsh, Lt. Jeff DeVaney, Lt. Paul Gerken, South Dakota Highway Patrol, 605-367-5700 or Tony Mangan, Department of Public Safety, 605-773-6196
Lincoln County Fatal Crash
What: One-vehicle crash
Where: Intersection of 269th Avenue and 480th Street, three miles east of Sioux Falls
Time: 7:46 p.m., Monday, Feb. 22, 2016
Driver: Male, 65, Fatal Injuries
Vehicle: 2011 Infinti QX56
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – One person was killed in a one-vehicle crash that occurred Monday night three miles east of Sioux Falls.
The name of the 65-year-old man has not been released pending notification of family. He was the driver and lone occupant in the vehicle.
A 2011 Infiniti QX56 was westbound on 269th Street approaching the T-intersection with 480th Street. The vehicle went through the intersection before stopping in a grove of trees. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol continues to investigate. Other agencies at the scene were the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Harrisburg Fire Department and Paramedics Plus.
The Highway Patrol is part 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.