What: Single vehicle fatal crash
Where: 273rd Street at US 81, 5 miles north of Freeman, SD
When: 2:41 p.m., Saturday, December 2, 2023
Driver 1: Female, 17, Fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2006 Pontiac G6 GT
Hutchinson County, S.D.- One person died Saturday afternoon in a single vehicle crash in Hutchinson County.
The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members.
Preliminary crash information indicates a 2006 Pontiac G6 GT was traveling westbound on 273rd Street near US 81, which transitions from pavement to gravel, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and rolled, coming to rest on the south side of the roadway. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and pronounced deceased at the scene.
The South Dakota 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.