THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS IDENTIFIED THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIED IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH NORTH OF YANKTON LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PATROL SAYS 19-YEAR-OLD ABIGAIL GILKERSON OF YANKTON DIED WHEN HER CAR CROSSED THE CENTER LINE ON HIGHWAY 81 AND COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING SEMI TRACTOR AND TRAILER.
GILKERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO A SIOUX FALLS HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED FROM HER INJURIES.
THE 64-YEAR-OLD MALE DRIVER OF THE SEMI, WILLIS VANROEKEL OF ROCK RAPIDS, IOWA, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.
HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE YANKTON HOSPITAL.
BOTH DRIVERS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS.
