FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 28, 2016
CONTACT: Capt. Rob Weinmeister,  Lt.  Caleb Walters, Lt. Doug Coughlin
                       South Dakota Highway Patrol,  605-626-2286 OR Tony Mangan, Department of Public Safety, 605-280-5648

Roberts County Fatal Crash

What: One-vehicle crash
Where: Roberts County Highway 28, 8 ½ miles south of Sisseton, S.D.
When: 6:35 a.m., Sunday, March 27, 2016

Occupants: Male, 16, Waubay, S.D., Serious Non-Life Threatening Injuries

                     Female, 17, Minneapolis, MN, Serious Non-Life Threatening Injuries

                     Male, 18, Waubay, S.D., Fatal

Vehicle: 2005 Honda Accord

SISSETON, S.D. – An 18-year-old male from Waubay, S.D. died early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash near Sisseton, S.D.

Two other occupants both received serious non-life threatening injuries. The names of the people involved are not being released pending notification of family members.

A 2005 Honda Accord was northbound on Roberts County Highway 28 when the driver lost control of the vehicle which went into the ditch and rolled.

The 18-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The other two occupants, a male, age 16, and a female, age 17, were both eventually transferred to a hospital in Fargo, N.D.

No other information is available at this time.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol continues to investigate. Other agencies at the scene were the Roberts County Sheriff’s Office, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribal Police Department and Grant-Roberts Ambulance.

The Highway Patrol is part of the state 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 completed.