SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Sioux Falls Police say witnesses estimate the speed of the car that ran an intersection near the east side Walmart at 100 miles per hour.
The driver and a passenger in a car entering the intersection at South Highline Avenue and East Arrowhead Parkway on a green light were killed when the speeding car went through a red light.
Dead is Javier Edgardo Velasquez, 17, from Brandon. A 20-year-old passenger also died, but law enforcement has not released his name pending notification of relatives.
The accident happened Saturday night.
Two other people in the car that was T-boned are in the hospital with serious injuries. They are a 17-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy.
The 23 driver of the car that blew through the intersection is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A passenger in the car is hospitalized but with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officer Sam Clemens at the Monday morning police briefing said the accident scene was “total devastation.” He also said there is a video of the accident from traffic cameras.
Authorities say it may take weeks before they can sort out exactly what happened and if drugs or alcohol were involved.
Clemens also asks that if you witnessed the accident and didn’t talk to the police Saturday night that you call the police station and ask for an accident investigator and provide details of what you saw.
