South Dakota authorities have identified the two people involved in a fatal crash last Friday morning in Lincoln County.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says around 5:30 am, 28 year old Darrian O’Neal Cline of Smithville, Oklahoma was driving a Jeep Cherokee eastbound on 294th Street near 474th Avenue. At the same time, 74 year old Michael D. Stinton of LeMars, Iowa was driving a Volvo semi westbound on 294th Street. For an unknown reason, the Jeep crossed the center line into the westbound lanes and struck the semi head on.
Cline was not wearing a seatbelt and suffered fatal injuries. Stinton sustained minor injuries.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.