Name released of woman killed in Wednesday’s crash on I29 near Brookings
November 21, 2022 8:40AM CST
A Lincoln, Nebraska woman has been identified as the person who died Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash south of Brookings.
Preliminary crash information indicates that an SUV was stationery in the driving lane of Interstate 29 when it was rear-ended by a semi truck and tanker. The SUV was pushed into the east ditch and came to rest against a sign. The truck and tanker also went into the east ditch, across a service road and came to rest on the railroad tracks.
The driver of the SUV, 40-year-old Kelley Rodriquez, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The semi driver, 39-year-old James Vaniperen of Davis, S.D. sustained serious non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Brookings hospital.
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