A Belle Fourche man died in a single vehicle crash Saturday evening 10 miles southwest of Platte, SD.
Preliminary crash information indicates Dagan Jerik Burns, the driver of a 2023 GMC Sierra, was traveling southbound on SD Highway 1804 when the vehicle left the roadway and entered the ditch off the right shoulder. The vehicle hit an approach, went airborne and flipped onto its roof. Burns was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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