TWO KILLED IN I-29 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (UPDATED)

FREEZING RAIN AND FAILURE TO WEAR A SEAT BELT CONTRIBUTED TO TWO FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN UNION COUNTY ON INTERSTATE 29 TUESDAY MORNING.

THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 27 YEAR OLD ANGELA BETH SNOOZY OF EMERY SOUTH DAKOTA DIED WHEN HER NORTHBOUND CAR SLID ON THE ICY HIGHWAY AT MILE MARKER 15 SOUTH OF ELK POINT, CROSSED THE MEDIAN INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AND COLLIDED WITH A GARBAGE TRUCK AROUND 7AM.

SNOOZY WAS EJECTED FROM HER VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE WAS NOT WEARING HER SEAT BELT. THE DRIVER OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK WAS NOT INJURED.

THEN AT 7:40AM, 38 YEAR OLD TONYA MARIE ANDERSON OF AKRON, IOWA DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND ROLLED NEAR MILE MARKER 35 SOUTH OF BERESFORD.

INVESTIGATORS SAY ANDERSON WAS EJECTED FROM HER VEHICLE AND ALSO WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

A THIRD ACCIDENT AT MILE MARKER 26 NEAR VERMILLION RESULTED IN THAT VICTIM SUSTAINING CRITICAL INJURIES.

THE NAME OF THAT VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET.

SEVERAL OTHER ROLLOVERS OR VEHICLES SKIDDING OFF ROADWAYS WERE REPORTED IN THE TRI STATE AREA THIS MORNING BY AUTHORITIES.