Two people died and several were injured in a multi-vehicle crash Friday afternoon, five miles west of Reliance, SD.
Preliminary crash information indicates Drew Allen Kellison, the driver of a 2025 Kenworth, was traveling westbound on Interstate 90 near mile marker 244 and had slowed down due to a crash in front of him. Reed Glenholden Harter, the driver of a 2008 Mercury Sable, collided with the rear end of the semi, and a chain reaction of collisions including a 2025 Ford F-150, a 2013 Ford F-150, and a 2010 GMC Yukon occurred.
The two front seat occupants in the Mercury Sable, Harter and Chandler Cole Bakley, were pronounced deceased at the scene. Two other passengers in the vehicle, Wyatt Philip Kayser and Cameron Rick Quigley, sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the 2025 Ford F-150, Curtis W. Roberts, and two passengers, Kathy and Megan Roberts, sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries while a fourth passenger, Addison Roberts, was uninjured.
The driver and a passenger in the 2013 Ford F-150, Wade and Jennifer Ness, both received serious, non-life-threatening injuries. Catana Ehlers, driving the 2010 GMC Yukon, sustained minor injuries, and the driver of the Kenworth, Drew A. Kellison, had no injuries.
Weather conditions with whiteout visibility were a contributing factor in the crash.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.