Man hospitalized after rollover wreck on I-29

BROOKINGS COUNTY — A 28-year-old Milbank man was hospitalized in Sioux Falls after a single-car rollover accident on I-29 last night, according to local authorities.

The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident shortly after 8 p.m. on Jan 1 near mile marker 144 nearest White. According to a release from the Sheriff’s Office, a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado was likely traveling southbound on I-29 when it struck a guardrail, entered the median and rolled — coming to rest on its passenger side.

According to the release, deputies identified one male driver alert and trapped inside the vehicle.

Brookings Fire Department units responded to extricate the man from the vehicle, Brookings Fire Chief Troy Hughes said, and to support the deputies with traffic control while a wrecker removed the truck, which sustained disabling damage according to the Sheriff’s report.

The Milbank man was transported by Brookings Ambulance to the Brookings Hospital and then, because of the severity of his injuries, to a hospital in Sioux Falls.

There was no update on his condition on Friday morning.

In addition to the damage to the vehicle, the Sheriff’s Office estimated the damage to the guardrail at $57,000.

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