Names Released in Butte County Fatal Crash

What:    Two vehicle fatal crash
Where:  Beet Road and Reid Road, five miles north of Nisland, SD
When:   5:56 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Driver 1: Darin Michael Hanson, 22-year-old male from Nisland, SD, Serious, non-life-threatening injuries
Vehicle 1: 2000 Chevrolet S10
Seat belt Used: No

Driver 2: Joseph Lane Hanson, 24-year-old male from Nisland, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 2: 1994 Dodge Dakota
Seat belt Used: No

Butte County, S.D.- One man died and another was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday evening, five miles north of Nisland, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Darin Michael Hanson, the driver of a Chevrolet S10, was traveling south on Beet Road near its intersection with Reid Road. A Dodge Dakota, driven by Joseph Lane Hanson, was traveling east on Reid Road, approaching Beet Road. The driver of the Dakota failed to yield, entering the intersection and was struck by the S10. Both vehicles came to rest in a drainage ditch.

Darin Hanson was ejected from his vehicle and flown to a Rapid City hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. Joseph Hanson sustained fatal 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.