DRAPER A 37-year-old firefighter from Murdo died enroute to a large grass fire in a one-vehicle crash Saturday evening 4 miles north of Draper.
The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members.
Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a 1989 Ford Fire Tender was traveling northbound on 279th Street while responding to a fire north of Draper. The vehicle left the roadway, rolled and ejected the driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver was not using a seat belt, according to a Sunday afternoon news release from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
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