Hit-and-run crash involving tractor trailer on US-281

Heard on: Brown County Sheriff, Aberdeen Fire/Rescue, State Highway Patrol

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Vehicle and a tractor trailer.

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They're heading.

00:04

That tractor trailer's heading northbound on 281 .

00:08

Five zero one.

00:15

TC3 is going to put that information out to their deputies to see if they can get that truck stopped.

00:38

675 Edward Tom Frank.

00:44

Stand for.

00:45

Correct, no injuries.

00:58

Just

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imagine it was a trailer.

01:02

She said it pulled over the front of her vehicle.

01:08

Halfway disabling it.

01:12

Yeah,

01:25

it's tractor trailer heading northbound, belonging to Evergreen Colony, on the door.

01:34

Run happened at the Mellette Corner.

01:38

The vehicle, one of the vehicles, took off.

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It was going to be an Evergreen truck with a license plate of Union (number withheld).

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Last known, it was heading north towards Aberdeen on 281.

01:54

Sioux County is wondering if you can be on the lookout for that vehicle again.

01:57

South Dakota plate, Union (number withheld).

8/5/2026 12:41 PM

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US-281, South Dakota

Hit-and-run crash involving tractor trailer on US-281

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As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of a possible hit-and-run crash at the Mellette Corner involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor trailer. The truck, described as an Evergreen Colony vehicle, apparently fled northbound on Highway 281 toward Aberdeen in South Dakota. Deputies were asked to watch for and stop the truck. No injuries were reported.

Hit-and-run crash involving tractor trailer on US-281

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