Name Released in Grant County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  149^th Street and 481^st Avenue, two and a half miles east of Milbank, SD
When:   2:38 p.m., Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Driver 1: Ronald Lee Vernlund, 81-year-old male from Milbank, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2000 Ford F250
Seat belt Used: No

Grant County, S.D.- A Milbank, SD man received fatal injuries in a single vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon, two and a half miles east of Milbank, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Ronald Lee Vernlund, the driver of a 2000 Ford F250, was traveling east on 149^th Street near 481^st Avenue when the vehicle slid across the slick roadway and into the north ditch and rolled into a field. Vernlund was ejected and received fatal injuries 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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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.