FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 4, 2022
CONTACT: Tony Mangan, Public Information Officer, 605-773-6196
Tripp County Fatal Crash
What: Two-Vehicle Crash
Where: U.S. Highway 18, mile marker 264
One mile east of Colome, S.D.
When: 7:45 a.m., Sunday, July 3, 2022
Driver No. 1: Male, 45, Life Threatening Injuries
Passengers: Female, 40, Fatal Injuries
Male, 14, Fatal Injuries
Vehicle: 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 Pickup
Driver No. 2: Male, 33, Serious Non-Life Threatening Injuries
Passengers: Female, 32, Serious Non-Life Threatening Injuries
Male, 36, Serious Non-Life Threatening Injuries
Male, 17, Minor Injuries
Vehicle: 2001 Ford F-150 Pickup
COLOME, S.D. – Two people died and five others were injured Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash east of Colome.
Names of the seven people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members.
Preliminary crash information indicates a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup was westbound on U.S. Highway 18 when it crossed the centerline and collided head on with an eastbound 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 pickup pulling a cattle trailer.
Two of the occupants in the GMC pickup died as a result of their injuries. A 40-year-old female passenger died at the Winner hospital while a 14-year-old male passenger was pronounced dead at the Gregory hospital. The 45-year-old male driver suffered life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. All three occupants were wearing seat belts.
Three of the four occupants of the Ford pickup sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and all three were transported to Sioux Falls hospitals. All but the female passenger were wearing seat belts. Charges are pending against the driver.
That section of U.S. Highway 18 was closed to traffic for about seven hours.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only 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.
