Names Released in Douglas County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  SD Highway 44, mile marker 325, six miles southwest of Corsica, SD
When:   Sunday, April 19, 5:57 p.m.

Vehicle 1: 2016 Ford Fusion
Driver 1: Carey Jay Utterback, 52-year-old male from Mitchell, SD, fatal injuries
Seat belt Used: Yes
Passenger 1a: Peggy Lynn Iverson, 72-year-old female from Sioux Falls, SD, fatal injuries
Seat belt Used: Under investigation
Passenger 1b: Bethanie Lynn Iverson, 37-year-old female from Sioux Falls, SD, serious, non-life-threatening injuries
Seat belt Used: No
Passenger 1c: Benjamin Lyle Iverson, 36-year-old male from Sioux Falls, SD, serious, non-life-threatening injuries
Seat belt Used: No 


Douglas County, S.D. – Two people died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday evening six miles southwest of Corsica, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Carey Jay Utterback, the driver of a 2016 Ford Fusion, was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 44 near mile marker 325 when the vehicle left the roadway and entered the south ditch. The vehicle hit a field approach, vaulted over a fence, then rolled, coming to rest in the field.
 
Utterback and a passenger, Peggy Lynn Iverson, died at the scene. Two other passengers,  Bethanie Lynn Iverson and Benjamin Lyle Iverson, were life-flighted to a Sioux Falls hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.

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.