Names Released in Hutchinson County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  US Highway 81, mile marker 25, nine miles south of Freeman, SD
When:   11:18 a.m., Monday, February 3, 2025

Driver 1: Faith Lynn Tweedy, 24-year-old female from Yankton, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2008 Dodge Ram 1500
Seat belt Used: No
Passenger 1: Randall Loren Clifton, 31-year-old male from Yankton, SD, minor injuries
Seat belt Used: No

Hutchinson County, S.D.- A Yankton woman died and a passenger was injured in a single vehicle crash nine miles south of Freeman, SD Monday morning.

Preliminary crash information indicates Faith Lynn Tweedy, the driver of a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500, was traveling north on US Highway 81 near mile marker 25. For an unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway and entered the east ditch and rolled.

Tweedy, a 24-year-old Yankton woman, received fatal injuries. Randall L. Clifton, a male passenger in the vehicle, 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.