FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014  

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

                    S.D. Highway Patrol 605-367-5700

               Multi-Vehicle, Multi-Crash on Interstate 229 in Sioux Falls

What: Multiple vehicle, multiple crash incident on Interstate 229 in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Where: I-229 and Rice St. in Sioux Falls, S.D.

When: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, 11:15 a.m.

Crash 1

Driver 1: Carla Eve Lustfield, 45, Brandon, S.D., serious non-life threatening injuries

Vehicle 1: 2008 Dodge R35 pickup truck

Crash 2:

Driver 2: Judith Ann Nelson, 57, Hartford, S.D., no injuries

Vehicle 2: 2003 Buick LeSabre

Driver 3: Katherine Rebecca Howard, 53, Sioux Falls, S.D., no injuries

Vehicle 3: 2013 Dodge Caravan

Driver 4: Gordon Neal Poppen, 59, Sioux Falls, S.D., no injuries

Vehicle 4: 2001 International semi-truck with trailer

Driver 5: Kimberly Ann Bakker, 20, Sioux Falls, S.D., minor injuries

Vehicle 5: 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A rollover crash that seriously injured a Brandon, S.D., woman and a multiple-vehicle collision occurred on Interstate 229 in Sioux Falls on Tuesday, Sept. 30.

Carla Eve Lustfield, 45, of Brandon, was driving a 2008 Dodge R35 pickup truck south on Interstate 229 near Rice Street, in Sioux Falls. She lost control of the vehicle which caused her to enter the median and the pickup truck rolled. She was trapped in the vehicle until emergency responders freed her. She sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries in the crash.

After the crash occurred in the median, northbound traffic on Interstate 229 began to slow at the crash scene area and a rear end collision occurred. Judith Ann Nelson, 57, of Hartford, S.D., driving a 2003 Buick LeSabre, Kimberly Ann Bakker, 20, of Sioux Falls, driving a 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue and Katherine Howard, 53, of Sioux Falls, driving a 2013 Dodge Caravan were rear-ended by a 2001 International semi-truck driven by Gordon Neal Poppen, 59 of Sioux Falls. Poppen attempted to slow his semi-truck and trailer before a collision occurred, but failed. The braking caused his trailer to jack-knife and come to rest against the concrete bridge rail located over Rice Street.

Bakker received minor injuries in the crash. All involved in both crashes were wearing seatbelts.

No further information is immediately available.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Sioux Falls Police Department and Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue assisted.

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