Two killed, five injured after car crash in Colome

Two are dead and five others were injured after a two-vehicle crash east of Colome, South Dakota on Sunday.

The crash took place when a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup was westbound on U.S. Highway 18 when it crossed the centerline and crashed head-on with an eastbound 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 pickup pulling a cattle trailer.

Two of the three occupants in the GMC pickup were pronounced dead.

A 40-year-old female passenger succumbed to injuries at the Winner hospital while a 14-year-old male passenger died at the Gregory hospital. The 45-year-old male driver suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown to a Sioux Falls hospital.

Three of the four occupants of the Ford pickup had non-life-threatening injuries and they were admitted to Sioux Falls hospitals.

The two other seriously injured passengers included a 32-year-old female and a 36-year-old male.

The fourth passenger, a 17-year-old male had small injuries.

That section of U.S. Highway 18 was closed for seven hours due to the crash.

South Dakota Department of Public Safety was investigating the crash.