BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Highway Patrol says one person was killed and four others were injured in a head-on crash near Brookings.
The patrol says the crash occurred Friday on U.S. Highway 14, west of Brookings.
Troopers a female driver of one vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. Three juvenile passengers in that vehicle were injured, including a 4-year-old boy who suffered life-threatening injuries.
Troopers say that vehicle crossed the centerline and struck another car head-on. The patrol says the female driver of the other vehicle sustained life-threatening injuries.
All of the injured individuals were transported to a Sioux Falls hospital.
Their names have not been released pending notification of family members.
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