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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 1, 2019
CONTACT: Tony Mangan, Public Information Officer, 605-773-6196
Name Released In Hanson County Fatal Crash
What: One-vehicle crash
Where: 421st Avenue and 251st Street
Six miles north of Alexandria, S.D.
When: 6:50 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019
Driver: Ashley Moe, 20, Alexandria, S.D., Fatal Injuries
Vehicle: 2008 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup
ALEXANDRIA, S.D. – A 20-year-old woman from Alexandria, S.D. has been identified as the person who died early Tuesday in a one-vehicle rollover crash north of that town.
A 2008 Chevrolet Silverado pickup was traveling southbound on 421st Avenue when the driver lost control near the 251st Street intersection. The vehicle crossed into the northbound lane, back across the roadway, into the west ditch and rolled over.
Ashley Moe, who was the driver, was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
That area of 421st Avenue was closed to traffic for more than three hours.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash.
The Highway Patrol is part of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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Note: Records of state-reportable crashes are now available at http://www.safesd.gov/ Records should be available about 10 days after the investigation is complete.