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Two people died and five others were injured Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash one mile east of Colome in Tripp County.
Names of the seven people involved are not yet being released.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup was westbound on U.S. Highway 18 when it crossed the center line 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– the 33 year old male driver, a 36 year old male passenger and a 32 year old female passenger– all sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Sioux Falls hospitals. A 17 year old male received minor injuries. 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.
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