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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 30, 2011
CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer or Lt. Alan Welsh, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700
Minnehaha County Fatal Crash
What: Two-vehicle fatal crash
When: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 4:02 p.m.
Where: SD Highway 42, three miles east of Sioux Falls
Driver 1: Neil Thompson, 41, Sioux Falls, fatal
Vehicle 1: 1993 Ford Tempo
Driver 2: Sharon Kay Weber, 52, Sioux Falls, serious non-life threatening injuries
Vehicle 2: 2002 Mercury Mountaineer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A Sioux Falls man died Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash on SD Highway 42 about three miles east of Sioux Falls.
Neil Thompson, 41, was driving a 1993 Ford Tempo southbound on SD Highway 11. A 911 call indicated the vehicle was being driven in an erratic manner. Thompson turned westbound on SD 42, where his vehicle crossed the center line and collided with a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer driven by Sharon Kay Weber, 52, of Sioux Falls.
Thompson wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. He was dead at the scene. Weber was wearing a seatbelt. She was taken to a Sioux Falls hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Management, Rural Metro and Split Rock Rescue assisted.
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