Name Released in Lincoln County Fatal Crash
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018
CONTACT: Tony Mangan, Public Information Officer, 605-280-5648
Name Released in Lincoln County Fatal Crash
What: One-vehicle crash
Where: 294th Street and 473rd Avenue
Three miles north and one mile east of Beresford, S.D.
When: 5:30 p.m., Jan. 13, 2018
Driver: Mark O’Hara, Jr., 25, Beresford, S.D., Fatal Injuries
Vehicle: 2008 Pontiac G6
BERESFORD, S.D. – A Beresford man has been identified as the person who died in a one-vehicle crash early Saturday night near Beresford.
A 2008 Pontiac G6 was westbound on 294th Street when the vehicle left the roadway at the intersection of 294th Street and 473rd Avenue and rolled.
The driver and lone occupant, 25-year-old Mark O’Hara, Jr., was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected. He was transferred via ambulance to a Sioux Falls hospital where he later died.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. Other agencies on scene were the Beresford Police Department and Beresford Ambulance.
The Highway Patrol is part 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.
