A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH NEAR ELK POINT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF THE DRIVER.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE UNIDENTIFIED 54-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WAS SOUTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 29 SIX MILES NORTH OF ELK POINT AROUND 4:40 THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HIS S-U-V ENTERED THE MEDIAN.
THE DRIVER OVER CORRECTED AND THE VEHICLE WENT ACROSS BOTH SOUTHBOUND LANES, INTO THE WEST DITCH AND ROLLED.
THE DRIVER, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE.
HE WAS FLOWN TO A SIOUX CITY, IOWA HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
NOBODY ELSE WAS IN THE VEHICLE DURING THE CRASH.
