By Associated Press - Friday, December 15, 2017

WAGNER, S.D. (AP) - Authorities have identified a Lake Andes man who died in a two-vehicle crash in Charles Mix County.

The Highway Patrol says 54-year-old Melvin Hopkins Sr. was driving a car that failed to stop at a rural intersection north of Wagner and collided with a pickup truck about 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Hopkins was pronounced dead at the scene. The pickup driver wasn’t hurt.



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