CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities have released the name of a driver who died and two people who were injured in a crash that ended a police chase that began in South Dakota.
Early Tuesday morning a sheriff’s deputy started chasing a vehicle that had been parked on U.S. Highway 18 east of Oelrichs (OHL’-rihks), South Dakota. Oglala Sioux officers then took over and followed the vehicle south into Nebraska.
The vehicle suddenly reversed course and headed north, striking a tribal police cruiser and injuring an officer. The vehicle went out of control and crashed, catching fire.
The Dawes County attorney in Nebraska says the driver, 34-year-old Kerry Peters, died in the crash. Twenty-nine-year-old Donny Red Paint and 29-year-old Pauline WhiteButterfly were hospitalized. All three are from Pine Ridge, South Dakota.