HP: Fatal Crash Involved Pickup Driving Wrong Way

BERESFORD, SD -
Two people are dead after one of the cars went the wrong way on Interstate 29 and crashed into another head-on.

It happened Friday night around 10 p.m., just north of Beresford. South Dakota Highway Patrol says a Ford pickup was driving north in a southbound passing lane on I-29. It hit another pickup going the correct way in the lane.

Officials say both vehicles completely burned. Highway Patrol says only one person was in each pickup, and both were killed when the vehicles crashed.

Authorities don't know if either driver was wearing a seat belt. They also don't know if alcohol was a factor in the crash. South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating.