CRASH INVOLVING
SEMI, ICE SHACK BRIEFLY CLOSES US HIGHWAY 12 IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Snowy roads may have contributed to a semi truck
colliding with an ice shack on U.S. Highway 12 near the intersection of 379th
Avenue on Monday afternoon shortly after 4 p.m., according to authorities from
the South Dakota Highway Patrol.
Capt. Rob Weinmeister, with the highway patrol, said it
appeared a westbound pickup pulling the shack lost control, with the eastbound
semi then sideswiping the ice shack, which caused the semi to go into the south
ditch.
Weinmeister said a full investigation was ongoing.
The driver of the semi was transported by Aberdeen Fire
and Rescue to Avera St. Luke’s with injuries; however, the driver’s name and
injury status were unavailable. A second ambulance was later called to the
scene at around 5:15 p.m. to check on the driver of the pickup.
Westbound traffic was rerouted north on 379th Avenue at
the accident scene west of Aberdeen. Authorities reopened the highway roughly
21/2 hours after the accident.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office, Aberdeen Fire and
Rescue and the South Dakota Department of Transportation assisted at the scene.