UPDATE: South Dakota driver dies after semis collide in western Minnesota
Mar. 18—HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A Gary, South Dakota, man died of his injuries after two semitractors collided late Sunday night in western Minnesota.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Peterbilt semitractor driven by Jonathan Edward Kallemeyn, 48, of Lake Benton, Minnesota, was entering U.S. Highway 75 while another International semitractor driven by Steven Michael Schanning, 68, was traveling southbound on Highway 75 when the collision occurred at the intersection with 180th Street in Hamlin Township, west of Dawson.
Schanning was transported to Johnson Memorial Health Services Hospital in Dawson, but his injuries were fatal. The
State Patrol report
as of Monday night said it was unknown if he was wearing a seat belt or if alcohol was involved.
Kallemeyn suffered non-life-threatening injuries but was not transported, according to the State Patrol. He was not wearing a seat belt and alcohol was not involved.
Road conditions were reported as dry at the time of the time of the crash, reported around 10:34 p.m. Sunday.
Assisting the Minnesota State Patrol at the scene were the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office, Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office and Dawson Fire and Ambulance.
