An eighteen year old man from Rapid City died in a two-vehicle crash last Wednesday near Hermosa.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported Carlos Ray Cross was driving of a passenger car traveling westbound on South Dakota Highway 40 near Hermosa, when he entered the eastbound lane. At the same time, 34 year old Alicia Nicole Hayden from Hermosa was approaching the Camry from the eastbound lanes and tried to avoid a collision. The vehicles struck each other.
Cross sustained fatal injuries. Hayden was taken to a Rapid City hospital via Life Flight. Hayden’s passengers, a seven year old boy and seven year old girl sustained minor injuries. SD Highway 40 was closed for approximately one hour following the crash. The South Dakota Highway Patrol is leading the investigation which is ongoing.