Hughes County, South Dakota — A Rock Valley man was involved in a recent crash in which a person died.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety tells us the person who died was a pedestrian. They say the crash happened on Sunday evening.
Authorities say preliminary crash information indicates 27-year-old Taylor Reece Hanson of Rock Valley was driving a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country westbound on Highway 34 near mile marker 231 in Hughes County and struck a pedestrian. (Hughes County is the county that Pierre, South Dakota is in.) The pedestrian, 23-year-old Elvera Joan Driving Hawk of Kennebec, South Dakota, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol tells us they are investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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