Highway Patrol investigating death of pedestrian in Spink County
KWAT
May 20, 2021
REDFIELD, S.D. (AP) — An Iroquois driver has been charged in the death of an elderly pedestrian in Spink County.
Ninety-one-year-old Donna Karr was struck last Friday night in Redfield.
Karr was pronounced dead at Community Memorial Hospital.
Fifty-eight-year-old Ronald Frankfurth is charged with vehicular homicide and third-offense drunken driving, both felonies.
Frankfurth’s bond was set at $50,000.
Details about the crash have not been released.
It remains under investigation by the Spink County Sheriff’s Office and the South Dakota Highway Patrol.