Plankinton, S.D. – Two people died Saturday night in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 90, three miles east of Plankinton.
Names of the three persons involved have not yet been released.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near mile marker 311 when it collided head on with a westbound 2024 Kenworth semi-tractor trailer combination.
The 17-year-old male driver and the 29-year-old male passenger of the Ford were pronounced dead at the scene. Both occupants of the Ford were not wearing their seatbelts. The 63-year-old male driver of the semi-truck was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.