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Names Released in Moody County Fatal Crash
What: Two vehicle fatal crash
Where: SD Highway 32, mile marker 416, five miles west of Flandreau, SD
When: 2:34 p.m., Saturday, July 13, 2024
Vehicle 1: 1999 Peterbilt Conventional 379
Driver 1: Taylor James Zeutenhorst, 30-year-old male from Valley Springs, SD, no injuries
Seatbelt Use: Yes
Vehicle 2: 1999 GMC C1500
Driver 2: Morgan Bree Thompson, 18-year-old female from Estelline, SD, minor injuries
Seatbelt Use: No
Passenger 1: Davina Marie Darveaux, 18-year-old female from Pipestone, MN, fatal injuries
Seatbelt Use: No
Moody County, S.D.- An 18-year-old woman died Saturday afternoon when the pickup truck she was in collided with a semi near Flandreau, SD.
Preliminary crash information indicates Taylor J. Zeutenhorst, the driver of a 1999 semi-truck and trailer was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 32 near mile marker 416. Morgan B. Thompson, the driver of a 1999 GMC pickup truck was traveling the same direction behind the semi. As the driver of the semi initiated a right-hand turn onto 475th Avenue, the driver of the pickup swerved to the left and struck the semi-trailer.
Zuetenhorst was not injured. Thompson had minor injuries and the passenger in the pickup, Davina M. Darveaux, sustained fatal injuries from the collision.
Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash.
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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