Rapid City Fatal Crash

What:    Two vehicle fatal crash

Where:  Haines Avenue/Patton Street, Rapid City

When:   12:27 a.m., Sunday, September 3, 2023

Driver 1: Seth Keim, 26, Rapid City, S.D., Serious non-life-threatening injuries

Vehicle 1: 2003 Volkswagen Jetta
Passenger 1: Lexi Hagen, 27, Rapid City, S.D., Fatal injuries

Driver 2: Kyle Kumjian, 25, Rapid City, S.D., Minor injuries

Vehicle 2: 2021 Dodge Durango/Rapid City Police Department patrol car 

Pennington County, S.D.- A Rapid City woman has been identified as the person who died early Sunday morning in a two vehicle crash in Rapid City.

Preliminary crash information indicates a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta was traveling southbound on Haines Avenue toward Patton Street.  The Volkswagen Jetta was traveling at a high rate of speed with its headlights off.  A marked Rapid City Police Department Dodge Durango was making a left turn into a parking lot and was struck by the Jetta.

The driver of the Volkswagen Jetta, Seth Keim, age 26, sustained serious non-life-threatening injuries and was taken by ambulance to Monument Health Rapid City.

He was not wearing a seatbelt.

A passenger in the Jetta, Lexi Hagen, age 27, sustained fatal injuries and was deceased at the scene.

She was not wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the RCPD Dodge Durango patrol car, Kyle Kumjian, age 25, sustained minor injuries. 

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

The Highway Patrol is an agency 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.