Name Released in Turner County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  Third Street and Dewey Avenue in Chancellor, SD 
When:   9:59 p.m., Monday, December 22, 2025

Driver 1: Clark Dana Erickson, 66-year-old male from Springfield, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2005 Jeep Renegade
Seat belt Used: No

Turner County, S.D.- A Springfield, SD man died Friday from injuries sustained in a December 22 crash in Chancellor, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Clark Dana Erickson, the driver of a 2005 Jeep Renegade, was traveling on Third Street near Dewey Avenue in Chancellor, SD. The driver lost control of the vehicle and drove off the roadway to the east, struck a utility pole, side-swiped an RV, and came to rest in the front lawn of a residential property.  

Erickson was taken to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls with life-threatening injuries. He died from injuries sustained in the crash on January 2.  

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.