FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021

CONTACT: Tony Mangan, Public Information Officer, 605-280-5648

Names Released In Pennington County Fatal Crash

What: One-Vehicle Crash

When: Interstate 90, mile marker 84, six miles east of New Underwood, S.D.

When: 8:36 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021

Driver: Kayden Chalmers, 18, Rapid City, S.D., Serious Non-Life Threatening Injuries

Passengers: Female, 15, Rapid City, S.D., Serious Non-Life Threatening Injuries

                     Olivia Newman, 15, Rapid City, S.D., Fatal Injuries 

Vehicle: 2004 Mercury Sable

NEW UNDERWOOD, S.D. — A 15-year-old Rapid City female has been identified as the person who died in a one-vehicle crash Saturday night east of New Underwood.

Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2004 Mercury Sable was eastbound on Interstate 90 when the vehicle went off the roadway and rolled. All three occupants, who were not wearing seat belts, were thrown from the vehicle.

Olivia Newman, one of the two passengers, was pronounced dead at the scene. Kayden Chalmers, the 18-year-old male driver, and a 15-year-old female passenger sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and were transported to a Rapid City hospital. Both are from Rapid City.

Charges are pending against the driver.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.

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.