MILBANK, S.D. (AP) - Two people are dead and another seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash near Milbank.
Authorities say a Chevrolet Equinox going north on South Dakota Highway 15 collided with a westbound dump truck at an intersection north of Milbank on Monday afternoon.
The two people in the Equinox - the 79-year-old male driver and his 71-year-old female passenger - were pronounced dead at a Milbank hospital. Authorities say the 82-year-old man who was driving the dump truck suffered life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital.
All three people were wearing seat belts. Their names were not immediately released.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating.
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