Highway Patrol identifies pedestrian killed in Sunday evening accident

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PIERRE, S.D. – The highway patrol has identified a pedestrian who was struck by a car and died from injuries sustained Sunday evening in Hughes County, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Taylor Reece Hanson, the driver of a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country, was traveling westbound on Highway 34 near mile marker 231 in Hughes County and struck a pedestrian.

The pedestrian, 23-year-old Elvera Joan Driving Hawk of Kennebeck, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.