Names Released in Lyman County Fatal Crash

What:    Two vehicle fatal crash
Where:  I-90, Mile marker 245.2, 3 miles west of Reliance, SD
When:   7:43 p.m., Monday, March 18, 2024

Driver 1: Ryan Keith Taylor, 38-year-old male from Fort Pierre, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2005 Ford F-350
Seat Belt Use: Under investigation

Driver 2: Daniel Carl Kirkpatrick, 59-year-old male from Chandler, MN, fatal injuries
Vehicle 2: 2024 Kenworth T680 Semi-truck
Seat Belt Use: Under investigation

Lyman County, S.D.- A 38-year-old man and a 59-year-old man both died Monday evening in a two-vehicle crash in Lyman County.

Preliminary crash information indicates a Ford F-350 driven by Ryan K. Taylor was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of SD I-90 near Reliance. At the same time, a semi-truck driven by Daniel C. Kirkpatrick was traveling eastbound in the eastbound lanes of I-90. The vehicles crashed head-on. Taylor was pronounced deceased at the scene. Kirkpatrick was transported to a Chamberlain hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

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.