RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO.com) – A Larchwood, Iowa man has been identified as the person killed Thursday night when a van hit a charter bus that had stalled on Interstate 90 east of Rapid City.
A charter bus carrying 56 passengers was eastbound on Interstate 90 when the bus lost all power. The bus came to a stop in the middle of both lanes. No lights were operating on the bus.
An eastbound 2013 Ford E-250 van rear-ended the bus. Cade Stensland, 31, was the van driver and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing a seatbelt.
No one on the bus was injured. The passengers were transported back to Rapid City via Ellsworth Air Force buses.
Names of the bus driver and the bus company are not being released because Marsy’s Law was invoked.
On Interstate 29, a Beresford couple has been identified as the two people who died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon near Beresford.
A pickup was northbound on I-29 when the driver, Thomas Jordan, lost control. The vehicle left the roadway, rolled through the median and across the southbound lanes landing on top of a southbound car.
Donald Anderson, 79, was driving the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. It is not known if he was wearing a seatbelt. The passenger was Carol Anderson, 78. She was wearing a seatbelt and was later pronounced dead at a Sioux Falls hospital.
Charges are pending against Jordan, 38, who is from Woodland, CA. He was wearing a seatbelt and was taken to a Sioux Falls hospital for treatment of serious non-life threatening injuries.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the accidents.
(updates with victims of second crash)
