MURDO, S.D. – The South Dakota Highway Patrol says a Murdo firefighter died enroute to a large grass fire in a single vehicle crash Saturday evening, four miles north of Draper, SD.
The name of the 37-year-old firefighter has not been released pending notification of family members.
Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a 1989 Ford Fire Tender was traveling northbound on 279th Street while responding to a fire north of Draper. The vehicle left the roadway, rolled and ejected the driver, who was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Murdo Fire Department released the following statement Sunday:
