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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
CONTACT: Capt. Rod Olerud or Lt. Brett Schutt, SD Highway Patrol, 605-626-2286.
McPherson County Fatal Crash
What: Two-vehicle fatal crash Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, about 8:21 a.m.
Where: SD Highway 10, mile marker 230, three miles west of Eureka
When:
Where: SD Highway 10, mile marker 230, three miles west of Eureka
When:
Driver 1: Sheila Graff, 65, Hosmer, SD, serious non-life threatening injuries
Passenger 1: Herbert Theobald Graff, 70, Hosmer, SD fatal
Vehicle 1: 1993 GMC 1500 pickup
Driver 2: James Albee, 59, Eureka, SD, serious non-life threatening injuries
Vehicle 2: 1996 Dodge Caravan
EUREKA, S.D. – A Hosmer, S.D., man died Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash on S.D. Highway 10 about three miles west of Eureka.
Herbert Theobald Graff, 70, was a passenger in a 1993 GMC 1500 pickup driven by Sheila Graff, 65, of Hosmer. The westbound pickup lost control on the snowpacked highway, crossed the centerline and hit an eastbound 1996 Dodge Caravan driven by James Albee, 59, of Eureka, S.D.
Herbert Graff, Sheila Graff and Albee were taken to the Eureka Hospital, where Herbert Graff later died of his injuries. Both Sheila Graff and Albee were reported to have serious non-life threatening injuries.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office and McPherson County Sheriff’s Office assisted.
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