Two identified in fatal southeastern Sioux Falls car crash, police say
The Sioux Falls Police Department has released the names of two individuals who died in a fatal May 9 car crash in Sioux Falls, department spokesperson Sam Clemens said in a May 12 police briefing for media.
Emergency responders were dispatched to East 57th Street and South Veterans Parkway around 6:30 p.m., according to a May 9 press release from Sioux Falls Police Department Sgt. Travis Olsen.
Investigators determined a 2015 Ford Taurus initiated a left turn onto 57th Street, according to the press release. The vehicle, which had a flashing yellow turn signal, turned in front of an oncoming GMC Sierra, which had a green light, traveling southbound on Veterans Parkway, Clemens said.
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A passenger in the Ford Taurus, 78-year-old Linda Lee Metzger, was declared dead at the scene, Clemens said. The driver of the vehicle, 77-year-old Charles Dean Metzger, was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Both occupants of the Ford Taurus were from Lester, Iowa, according to the press release.
The sole occupant of the GMC Sierra, a 35-year-old Harrisburg man, was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries, according to the press release.
'There are traffic cameras at that intersection, so that'll help with the investigation,' Clemens said Monday. 'But it's too early to say whether speeds, alcohol or drugs were a factor in that.'
The incident is still under investigation, Clemens said.
This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Sioux Falls police identify victims in fatal Veterans Parkway crash
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