The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released the names of five people who died in a single-vehicle crash last week near Scenic, South Dakota.
Preliminary crash information indicates just before midnight Wednesday, October 1st, 24 year old Chad Lee Doyle, Jr. of Wanblee was driving and SUV, was eastbound on SD Highway 44 near mile marker 90 and failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle entered the north ditch and struck an embankment. The vehicle then became engulfed in flames. Doyle and four passengers, identified as 23 year old Byron Joey Bear Killer from Allen, 21 year old Twila Whitney Hard Heart from Rapid City, 33 year old Danielle Lee Long Soldier from Wanblee, and a 10-year-old female died at the scene.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.