DAKOTA DUNES FATAL I-29 CRASH

A JEFFERSON, SOUTH DAKOTA MAN HAS DIED AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE THURSDAY NIGHT ON INTERSTATE 29 IN DAKOTA DUNES AS HE WAS GOING TO HELP VICTIMS INVOLVED IN A SEPARATE TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 57 YEAR OLD GERALD ROTH DIED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A VAN IN THE I-29 SOUTHBOUND LANE.

ROTH HAD JUST WITNESSED ANOTHER ACCIDENT INVOLVING TWO CARS THAT HIT NEARLY HEAD-ON IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AROUND 9PM.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS 15 YEAR OLD JEFFERSON GALVIN OF DAKOTA DUNES WAS HEADED NORTH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE, AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE.

HIS CAR COLLIDED WITH A CAR DRIVEN BY 21 YEAR OLD LENA RAMIREZ OF SIOUX CITY.

BOTH DRIVERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS BUT NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER.

RAMIREZ WAS TREATED AND RELEASED, GALVIN REMAIND HOSPITALIZED. HIS CONDITION IS BEING WITHHELD BY FAMILY REQUEST. 

THE PATROL SAYS THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.