LENNOX, S.D. — A Hurley man has died days after a three-vehicle crash in Turner County, authorities confirmed.
Shortly before noon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, first responders were dispatched to South Dakota Highway 44 and 463rd Avenue, located between Lennox and Chancellor, for a reported crash involving three vehicles.
According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, a 2015 Ford SUV was traveling west on Highway 44 when the driver, a 51-year-old woman from Hurley, slowed to make a left turn. A westbound 2015 Chevrolet van failed to notice the Ford slowing and rear-ended it, causing the SUV to spin into an eastbound 2025 Volkswagen SUV, which subsequently left the roadway and entered the north ditch.
An 86-year-old man from Hurley, a passenger in the Volkswagen, was not wearing a seat belt and was flown to a Sioux Falls hospital in critical condition. He succumbed to his injuries on Monday, Nov. 2, five days after the incident. The Volkswagen's driver, an 80-year-old Hurley woman, was wearing a seat belt and sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries. The Ford SUV driver also suffered similar injuries and was not wearing a seat belt. The driver of the Chevrolet van was not injured.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol has not released the identities of the individuals involved, pending family notification. The investigation into the crash remains ongoing.