Name Released in Moody County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  Interstate 29, mile marker 123, 7 miles south of Brookings, SD
When:   4:09 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2024

Driver 1: Lee Andrew Clark, II, 56-year-old male from Brookings, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2020 Ford Expedition
Seatbelt Use: No

Moody County, S.D.- A 56-year-old man died Friday afternoon in a single vehicle crash in Moody County.

Preliminary crash information indicates Lee A. Clark, II was the driver of a 2020 Ford Expedition traveling north on Interstate 29 when for unknown reasons the vehicle left the road entering the center median where it crashed before coming to a stop in the Big Sioux River. Law enforcement and bystanders on-scene pulled the driver from the vehicle to a nearby sand bar, where EMTs declared Clark deceased.

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.