A Brookings man died Thursday in a four-vehicle crash near Brookings, South Dakota.
Preliminary crash information indicates Ashley Leigh Harbin, the driver of a 2018 Subaru Forester, was traveling southbound on Interstate 29 near mile marker 140 in the northbound lanes. At the same time, Daten Briar Odom, the driver of a 2011 GMC Sierra, Devon Halpate, the driver of a 2024 Ford F-350, and Efrain Ramirez Martinez, the driver of a 2020 Chevrolet Trax, were traveling north in the northbound lanes at the same location. Harbin struck Odom’s GMC causing the Subaru to come to a stop in the roadway. The GMC rotated and struck Halpate’s Ford. Martinez struck the stopped Subaru. Odom sustained fatal injuries. Harbin was life flighted to a Sioux Falls hospital. Martinez, Halpate, and his passenger Benjamin Stang were not injured.
The investigation is ongoing. All information released is preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
