UPDATE: Woman identified in Meade County fatal crash

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - An 83-year-old woman died Friday morning when a trailered boat came unhitched and collided with her vehicle head-on near Sturgis, SD.

RELATED: One dead after Friday morning crash on SD Highway 79

Carol J. Olson, the driver of a 2016 Chrysler 300 was traveling south on SD Highway 79 near mile marker 124.

At the same location, Cody A. Thomson, the driver of a 2022 Ford F-350 pulling a trailer with a pontoon boat, was traveling north. The trailer coupler disconnected from the pickup, and the safety chains failed to control the trailer and boat.

The trailer and boat entered the southbound lane and collided with the Chrysler.

Then the trailer, boat, and Chrysler landed on the southbound shoulder and in the west ditch. Olson received fatal injuries.

There were no injuries reported to the driver and passenger of the pick-up.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

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