Sioux Falls man killed in Saturday crash near Gayville

GAYVILLE, S.D. — A Sioux Falls man has been identified as the person who died in a Saturday night crash near Gayville.

Shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, police in Yankton County were called to mile marker 393 of South Dakota Highway 50, roughly five miles west of Gayville or seven miles east of Yankton, for a report of two-vehicle crash.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol said a 2002 Ford van was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Highway 50 when it crashed head-on into a 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe, which was driving westbound.

Troopers said 45-year-old Michael Myers, of Sioux Falls, was not wearing a seat belt and died from his injuries.

The driver of the Chevrolet, 29-year-old Alex Heine, of Fordyce, Nebraska, sustained serious, life-threatening injuries, and was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. His passenger, 28-year-old Emily Heine, also of Fordyce, Nebraska, sustained minor injuries and was taken to a separate hospital. Both were wearing seat belts.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash.

A South Dakota native, Hunter joined Forum Communications as a reporter for the Mitchell (S.D.) Republic in June 2021 and now works as a digital reporter for Sioux Falls Live, with a primary focus on crime in Sioux Falls and government in Lincoln County.