Oct 22, 2021

2 killed in South Dakota crash were from Rapid City

Posted Oct 22, 2021 5:25 PM

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.