Name released in deadly crash near Menno

MENNO Authorities have identified a 49-year-old Freeman man who died Dec. 4 in a single-vehicle crash 1 mile east of Menno.

Preliminary crash information indicates Adam Van Hove, the driver of a 2004 Cadillac Escalade, was traveling east on U.S. Highway 18. The vehicle went off the road into the north ditch, through a field, and then eventually collided with a tree. Van Hove was pronounced dead at the scene; he was not wearing a seat belt.

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