SD TWO VEHICLE CRASH CLAIMS ONE LIFE

A SOUTH SIOUX CITY MAN WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT THURSDAY NEAR WAGNER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICIALS SAY THE TWO-VEHICLE CRASH OCCURRED 16 MILES EAST OF WAGNER AT 12:35 P.M.

23 YEAR OLD JACOB JOSEPH BURKE OF WATERTOWN WAS DRIVING WEST ON HIGHWAY 46 WHEN HE FAILED TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION STOP SIGN.

HE STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND FREIGHTLINER TRUCK, DRIVEN BY 51 YEAR OLD DAVID RICHARD HECHT OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY.

THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS BURKE, WHO WASN'T WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND DIED AT THE SCENE.

HECHT WAS WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR POSSIBLE INJURIES.