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Names Released in Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Near Rapid City

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One person died and another was seriously injured Wednesday evening in a two-vehicle crash near Rapid City, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Dustin Shawn Walz, the driver of aย 2007 Mazda 3,ย was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near mile marker 53. James M. Cunningham, the driver of a 2001 Ford F350, was traveling westbound in the same lane when the Mazda collided with the Ford head-on.

Walz died at the scene. Cunningham sustained serious, life-threatening injuries.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.

The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.