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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010
CONTACT: Capt. Rod Olerud or Lt. Brett Schutt, SD Highway Patrol, 605-626-2286.
Day County Fatal Crash
What: Two-vehicle fatal crash Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, 6:34 p.m.
Where: SD Highway 25, five miles north of Webster
When:
Where: SD Highway 25, five miles north of Webster
When:
Driver 1: Beverly Jean Okroi, 61, Roslyn, SD, fatal
Passenger 1: Katherine Lucille Okroi, 25, Winterville, NC, serious, non-life threatening injuries.
Vehicle 1: 1992 Chevrolet Lumina
Driver 2: Robert N. Sichmeller, 58, Webster, SD, no injuries
Vehicle 2: John Deere 7700 tractor
WEBSTER, S.D. – A Roslyn, S.D., woman died Wednesday evening in a two-vehicle crash on SD Highway 25 five miles north of Webster.
Beverly Jean Okroi, 61, was killed when the northbound 1992 Chevrolet Lumina van she was driving drifted into the southbound lane on a hill and collided with a farm implement being towed by a southbound John Deere 7700 tractor. A passenger in the van, Katherine Lucile Okroi, 25, of Winterville, N.C., suffered serious, non-life threatening injuries.
Robert N. Sichmeller, 58, of Webster, was driving the John Deere. He was uninjured.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Day County Sheriff’s Office, Webster Fire Rescue, Christenson Ambulance Service, Webster Police Department, Day County Office of Emergency Management and Roslyn Fire Department assisted.
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