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Brown County Fatal Crash
• What: Two-vehicle fatal crash
• When: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 7:40 a.m.
• Where: SD Highway 10, mile marker 304, 20 miles north of Groton, SD
• Driver 1: Trevor Jo Wampler, 17, Hecla, SD, fatal
• Vehicle 1: 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix
• Driver 2: Harold Herman Gerdes, 63, Hecla, SD, minor injuries
• Vehicle 2: 1992 Kenworth semi-tractor trailer
• GROTON, S.D. - A Hecla, S.D., teen-ager died in a two-vehicle crash on S.D. Highway 10 about 20 miles north of Groton on Wednesday, June 12.
• Trevor Jo Wampler, 17, was driving east in a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix when the vehicle drifted into the westbound lane. A westbound 1992 Kenworth semi-truck and trailer driven by Harold Herman Gerdes, 63, of Hecla was unable to avoid the Pontiac. The vehicles collided head-on.
• Wampler died at the scene. Gerdes suffered minor injuries. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.
• No further information is immediately available.
• The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Brown County Sheriff's Office, Hecla Fire Department and Groton Fire Department assisted.
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