Sioux Falls, S.D. (KELO-AM) Two people died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 81 about three miles north of Yankton on Friday, February 7.
One of the people killed in the head-on collision was the Mayor of Irene, S.D., Lloyd Harvey Mork, 64. The other fatality was Becky Marie Leapley, 57, of Yankton.
Leapley was southbound driving a 2004 Mitsubishi EDV. Her vehicle crossed the center line into the oncoming lane. Lloyd Harvey Mork was northbound driving a 2002 Chevrolet K1500 pickup. He moved into the southbound lane but Leapley’s vehicle returned to that lane. The vehicles collided head-on and came to rest in the middle of the highway. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts. Both were dead at the scene. The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Yankton County Sheriff’s Office, Yankton Fire and Rescue and Yankton Emergency Medical Service assisted.
Funeral services for Mayor Mork are scheduled for Thursday, February 13 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Irene, S.D.