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2 South Dakota women die in three-vehicle crash
• IPSWICH, S.D. (AP) -- Two women from Eureka have been killed in a three-vehicle crash in north-central South Dakota.
• The Highway Patrol says 78-year-old Lavinena E. Guthmiller was driving west on U.S. Highway 12 about six miles seat of Ipswich on Friday afternoon when her vehicle slid on an icy patch of road and collided with an eastbound semitrailer hauling baled hay. Guthmiller died at the scene. A passenger in the car, 76-year-old Evelyn Katharina Scheuffele, also died in the crash.
• The driver of the truck, 19-year-old Stephen Donald Simon, of Groton, suffered minor injuries.
• The truck also collided with a car driven by 29-year-old Hedi Noel Schauer, of Ashley, N.D. Shauer and a child in her car were not injured.
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Experts warn of frostbite, dead batteries in cold
AMY FORLITI, Associated Press
• MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- There's cold. And then there's subzero, frostbite cold.
• Record-breaking frigid temperatures will blanket the Midwest beginning Sunday, part of a "polar vortex," that one meteorologist says will send piles of North Pole air down into the U.S.
• These below-zero temperatures can be dangerous, and officials in several states are warning residents to take precautions. Here's a look at some of the problems that arise when temperatures plummet and how to stay safe if you venture outdoors.
• FROSTBITE
• At temperatures of 15 to 30 below, exposed skin can get frostbitten in minutes and hypothermia can quickly set in.
• "People need to protect themselves against the intense cold," said Dr. Brian Mahoney, medical director of emergency services at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. "They have to wear a hat, they have to have face protection."
• Mahoney said mittens are better than gloves, layers of dry clothing are best, and anyone who gets wet needs to get inside.
• "You can't be wearing high-heel shoes with your toes in nylons," he added. "That's a great way to get frostbite."
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