SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — The name has been released in a deadly crash that happened Friday morning northeast of Beresford.
According to a news release from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, Darrian O’Neal Cline, of Smithville, Oklahoma, was the driver of a 2019 Jeep Cherokee traveling eastbound on 294th Street near 474th Avenue. At the same time, the driver of a Volvo Semi was traveling westbound on 294th Street.
Officals said “for an unknown reason,” the Jeep crossed the center line into the westbound lanes and struck the semi head-on.
Cline was not wearing a seatbelt and died from the crash. The driver of the semi truck sustained minor injuries.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
