A RAPID CITY, SD WOMAN DIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH ON INTERSTATE 90. SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND SHE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE THAT ROLLED OVER MANY TIMES
Saturday, January 31, 2015
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DACOTA —
A Rapid City, SD woman died Saturday
afternoon in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 90.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., Victoria Frances Bates, 20, was
driving a 2000 GMC SUV eastbound on I-90 at mile marker 56. The roadway was ice covered from the thick
fog, and as the vehicle was traveling around a left-hand curve, the driver lost
control. The vehicle slid into the south ditch and rolled multiple times.
Bates
was thrown from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries. She was not wearing a
seat belt. A passenger received serious non-life threatening injuries in the
crash and was transported to Rapid City Regional Hospital. He also was not
wearing a seat belt.
The crash had traffic backed up and at a stop and go pace
from the Black Hills National Cemetery to Deadwood Avenue in Rapid City. The
Department of Transportation eventually closed the interstate at Sturgis.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Pennington
County Sheriff’s Office, Rapid City Police Department and Rapid City Fire
Department assisted.
Multiple other accidents including roll-over accidents were
reported Saturday.