JEFFERSON, S.D. (AP) - One person has died in an ambulance crash on Interstate 29 in in southeastern South Dakota.
The driver of the ambulance lost control of the vehicle about 3:30 a.m. Saturday near Jefferson, according to the South Dakota Highway Patrol. The southbound ambulance crossed two lanes and the median before crashing into a semi in the northbound lanes. The impact caused the semi to roll on its side.
A 29-year-old passenger in the ambulance was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. The 22-year-old man driving the ambulance and the 62-year-old man behind the wheel of the semi suffered minor injuries.
The ambulance was not transporting any patients at the time.
The crash shut down Interstate 29 in the area for about eight hours.
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