AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE TWO DRIVERS INVOLVED IN A FATAL INJURY CRASH THAT HAPPENED TUESDAY MORNING NEAR YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 30-YEAR-OLD ANDREW KOTALIK DIED OF INJURIES SUFFERED
WHEN HIS CAR COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE AROUND 5:30 A.M. ON HIGHWAY 50, SEVEN MILES WEST OF YANKTON.
INVESTIGATORS SAY KOTALIK STRUCK A DEAD DEER LAYING IN HIS LANE, LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, ENTERED THE EASTBOUND LANE AND COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING CAR, RESULTING IN BOTH VEHICLES ENDING UP IN A DITCH.
THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND CAR, 52-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS ZIMMERMAN OF TABOR, SOUTH DAKOTA, SUSTAINED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
BOTH WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS AND BOTH WERE DRIVING CHEVY COBALTS.
