Name Released in Lincoln County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  288th Street and 486th Avenue, one mile southwest of Fairview, SD 
When:   1:58 p.m., Thursday, September 11, 2025

Driver 1: Warren Dale Van Otterloo, 62-year-old male from Rock Valley, IA, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 1994 Peterbilt Conventional Semi
Seat belt Used: No

Lincoln County, S.D.- A Rock Valley, Iowa man died September 11 in a single vehicle crash one mile southwest of Fairview, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Warren Dale Van Otterloo, the driver of a 1994 Peterbilt semi, was traveling on 288th Street near 486th Avenue when the vehicle left the right side of the road then tipped and rolled down a steep embankment. The driver 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.