Name Released in Pennington County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  SD Highway 44, mile marker 92, five miles east of Scenic, SD
When:   6:57 a.m., Thursday, April 2, 2026

Vehicle 1: 2007 Toyota 4Runner
Driver 1: John Waylon Miller, 46-year-old male from Rapid City, SD, fatal injuries
Seat belt Used: No 


Pennington County, S.D. – A Rapid City man died Thursday morning in a single-vehicle crash five miles east of Scenic, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates that John Waylon Miller, the driver of a 2007 Toyota 4Runner, was traveling eastbound on Highway 44 near mile marker 92 when he failed to negotiate a curve and went off the roadway into the north ditch, over corrected across the highway, and entered the south ditch where the vehicle rolled before coming to rest.

Miller sustained fatal injuries from the crash.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is 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.