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Fatal Accident on US Highway 81
Posted: January 18th, 2010

A three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 81 on Monday morning, January 18th, 2010 killed three Badger women.
 
The victims, all in a 1996 Chevrolet Corsica, were identified as Barbara P. Rolsma, 70; Shirley A. Erstad, 75, and Freda A. Waldner, 68.
 
Lorie Jacobsen of Watertown had stopped on the edge of the highway with flashers on to warn oncoming traffic of a crash that had happened earlier. The Chevrolet Corsica driven by Rolsma and traveling northbound collided with the rear of Jacobsen’s vehicle. The collision caused the Rolsma vehicle to slide sideways and stop on the roadway. A 1994 Peterbilt truck driven by Jared Brouwer of Castlewood, S.D., also traveling northbound collided with Rolsma’s vehicle. Neither Brouwer nor Jacobsen were injured.

Emergency crews on scene were... South Dakota Highway Patrol, Hamlin County Sheriff's Office, Codington County Sheriff's Office, Codington County Search and Rescue, Castlewood Ambulance, Watertown Ambulance, Castlewood Fire Department, Hayti Fire Department, Hamlin County Emergency Management and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks.

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Source: http://www.state.sd.us/news/showDoc.aspx?i=11610

 

 

 

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