RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says two people who died in a traffic crash last weekend near Rapid City were local residents.
Mark Cook Jr. and Kayla Hamer, of Rapid City, were killed when their compact SUV Kia Niro collided with a GMC Yukon at an intersection Sunday afternoon.
Cook and Hamer were pronounced dead at the scene.
Their 5-year-old boy in the backseat was airlifted to a Rapid City hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The 16-year-old driver of the Yukon suffered minor injuries.
A passenger in that vehicle was not injured.