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Couple from Norfolk killed in South Dakota highway crash

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Posted at 11:01 AM, Sep 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-09-22 12:01:30-04

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say two victims who died recently in a highway crash in southeastern South Dakota were from Norfolk, Nebraska.

The state Department of Public Safety says 75-year-old Albert Wingate and 74-year-old Marilyn Wingate, of Norfolk, died a week or more following the Sept. 11 crash in Hutchinson County.

Safety officials say the driver of a pickup truck pulling an empty horse trailer tried to pass a semi on Highway 81 near Freeman, but collided head-on with the Wingates’ Chevy Corvette.

The couple was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. Marilyn Wingate died Monday. Albert Wingate died Sept. 18.

The 28-year-old pickup driver was taken to a Freeman hospital for treatment of his injuries.

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