SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) –A Fort Myers, FL man died Wednesday morning 34 miles northwest of Philip, in a double-semi crash on SD Hwy 34.
According to a Saturday S.D. Department of Public Safety press release, at 12:46 a.m. on Wednesday, a 59-year-old from Humble, TX, parked a Freightliner in the lane of travel with its’ emergency flashers on.
Gianny Estevez Garcia, 25, was driving a Freightliner in the same direction and struck the back of the parked semi.
The Texas man was moving about the cab during the collision and suffered serious, non-life-threatening injuries. A passenger also outside of the vehicle at the time of the crash was uninjured.
Garcia sustained fatal injuries. He was wearing a seatbelt.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
