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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Feb. 14, 2011
CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer or Lt. Alan Welsh, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700
Hutchinson County Fatal Crash
What: Two-vehicle fatal crash
When: Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, 11:18 a.m.
Where: SD Highway 44, two miles west of Parkston, SD
Driver 1: William M. Roth, 76, Parkston, SD, no injuries
Vehicle 1: Case 621 pay loader
Driver 2: Leo M. Fritza, 87, Parkston, SD, fatal
Vehicle 2: 1996 Chevrolet pickup
PARKSTON, S.D. – A Parkston man died Sunday from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash on S.D. Highway 44 about two miles west of Parkston Feb. 11.
Leo M. Fritza, 87, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet pickup westbound when his vehicle hit the rear end of a Case pay loader. Fritza was taken to a Parkston hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was transferred to a Sioux Falls hospital and died Sunday of injuries received in the crash.
The driver of the pay loader, William M. Roth, 76, of Parkston, was uninjured. Neither driver was wearing a seatbelt.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Office, Parkston Fire and Rescue and Parkston Ambulance assisted.
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