RAPID CITY, S.D. — Four people were injured, including two who suffered life-threatening injuries, following a rollover crash early Thursday morning on Skyline Drive in Rapid City.
According to Rapid City police, officers were dispatched around 1 a.m. on October 23 after receiving a report of a vehicle that had left the roadway and rolled down a steep embankment. Responding officers located the vehicle and its four occupants at the scene.
All four occupants were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Police said two of the individuals sustained serious, life-threatening injuries.
Investigators have indicated that alcohol appears to have been a factor in the crash based on information gathered from witnesses who were with the vehicle’s occupants before the rollover.
The Rapid City Police Department’s Critical Accident Reconstruction Team (CART) responded to the scene and is leading the ongoing investigation into the crash. No additional information has been released.
