South Dakota
Le Mars, IA man involved in fatal Southeast South Dakota crash
BERESFORD, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – A 28-year-old man who suffered fatal injuries Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash five miles northeast of Beresford has been identified.
Preliminary crash information indicates Darrian O’Neal Cline, the driver of a 2019 Jeep Cherokee, was traveling eastbound on 294th Street near 474th Avenue. At the same time, the driver of a Volvo semi was traveling 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. The driver of the Volvo semi, identified as 74-year-old Michael Dennis Stinto of Le Mars, Iowa, sustained minor injuries.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
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