HOWARD -- A Howard man died in a two-vehicle crash on SD-34 about six miles west of Howard on Thursday evening.
John Michael Steinmetz, 39, was eastbound in a 2006 Pontiac Torrent. He drove into the path of a westbound 2001 Ford Explorer driven by Terry Lee Dragseth, 51, of Mitchell.
Steinmetz, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was dead at the scene. Dragseth, who was wearing a seatbelt, suffered serious injuries and was taken to a Mitchell hospital.
No further information is immediately available.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. The Miner County Sheriff's Office, Howard Ambulance and Howard Fire Department assisted.
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