Yankton Car Accident Sends Three To Hospital

Yankton Car Accident Sends Three To Hospital

Three individuals received injuries following a two-vehicle accident in Yankton Saturday.

Yankton Police Department Sargent Preston Crissey says that on Saturday afternoon at 12:30PM, first responders were called to the intersection of Broadway Avenue & 4th Street for a two-vehicle accident involving possible injuries.

Upon arrival, officers discovered that the accident involved a 2005 Peterbilt semi-truck and a 2015 Ford Expedition. The Expedition was southbound on Broadway Avenue when it turned east onto 4th Street, failing to yield to the right away of the semi that was traveling northbound.  

The driver of the Expedition, Joe Tiezen of Canistota, was issued a citation for failing to yield. Three other occupants of the Expedition were transported to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.