Winter Weather in Hamlin, South Dakota

Winter Weather April 15, 2011 · Hamlin, South Dakota

Deaths

Injury

What the National Weather Service wrote

One male and one female in their late twenties were killed around 830 am CDT on the 15th on a slushy U.S. Highway 81. The third person in the car was injured-non life threatening. The car they were driving was hit by a large truck.

The wider storm

A large surface low pressure area brought 1 to 2 inches of snowfall resulting in slushy roads and difficult driving conditions across Hamlin County. The poor conditions contributed to a fatal accident.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 302165. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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