One person died Friday afternoon in a two vehicle crash five miles Northeast of Langford.
Preliminary crash information indicates Anna Huggett was operating a field sprayer when the boom of the sprayer came in contact with a parked semi-truck and trailer parked on 420th Avenue (minimum maintenance road) near 119th Street.
Michael Patton, the driver of the semi, was standing next to the trailer of the semi.
The sprayer boom of Vehicle No. 1 struck the parked semi-trailer and then struck Patton.
Michael Patton, age 45, was pronounced deceased while enroute to the hospital.
Anna Huggett, age 21, the operator of the field sprayer was not injured.
South Dakota’s 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.
