FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014

CONTACT: Capt. Alan Welsh, Lt. Paul Gerken or Lt. Jeff DeVaney,

                    S.D. Highway Patrol 605-367-5700

              Bon Homme County Fatal Crash

What: One-vehicle fatal crash

Where: SD Highway 25, one mile north of SD Highway 46 south of Scotland, SD

When: Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, 9:15 a.m.

Driver: Stephanie Kae Hamilton, 28, Yankton, SD, serious non-life threatening injuries

Passenger 1: Colton Roubideaux, 5, life-threatening injuries

Passenger 2: Kirstan Roubideaux, 7, fatal

Vehicle: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass

SCOTLAND, S.D. – A 7-year-old child died in a one-vehicle crash on S.D. Highway 25 south of Scotland on Friday, Aug. 8.

Kirstan Roubideaux was a passenger in a 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass driven northbound by Stephanie Kae Hamilton, 28, of Yankton, S.D. The vehicle left the roadway to the right, hit a field approach and rolled. Roubideaux and another passenger, Colton Roubideaux, 5, were not wearing seatbelts and were thrown from the vehicle. The 7-year-old died at the scene. The 5-year-old was taken to a Scotland hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Hamilton was thrown into the backseat of the vehicle during the crash. She was able to flag down a passing motorist who contacted emergency personnel.

No further information is immediately available.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Bon Homme County Sheriff’s Office, Bon Homme Fire Department and Scotland Police Department assisted.

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