Two killed in crash near Tyndall

South Dakota Highway Patrol. (Republic file photo)

By Erik Kaufman

November 05, 2020 at 10:01 AM

TYNDALL — Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash north of Tyndall.

According to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, a 2014 Yamaha Side-by-Side was westbound on South Dakota Highway 46 and was turning south into a driveway when it was struck by a 1993 Plymouth Voyager that was eastbound. The two vehicles rolled into the south ditch.

The crash occurred at approximately 2:44 p.m. near mile marker 313, about 10 miles north of Tyndall.

Both the 57-year-old male driver of the Side-by-Side and the 69-year-old male driver of the Voyager were pronounced dead at the scene. Neither man was wearing a seatbelt.

Names of the two men involved are not being released pending notification of family members.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol, a part of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, continues to investigate the crash.

By Erik Kaufman

Erik Kaufman joined the Mitchell Republic in July of 2019 as an education and features reporter. He grew up in Freeman, S.D., graduating from Freeman High School. He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1999 with a major in English and a minor in computer science. He can be reached at ekaufman@mitchellrepublic.com.