WESSINGTON — A construction zone worker who died Sept. 17 from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash 2 miles east of Wessington has been identified by authorities.

Preliminary crash information indicates Tiburcio Gonzalez Jr., 27, of Mathis, Texas, the driver of a 2022 Dodge Ram, was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 14 near mile marker 319 and entered a construction zone. Sandra Guerra Ceballos, 44, a flagger from Eddyville, Nebraska, was on scene directing westbound traffic to slow down and stop. Gonzalez had stopped as directed. As Eric James Kunkel, 47, of Mitchell, the driver of a 2023 International MV607, approached from the same direction, he collided with the Dodge, and then struck Ceballos.

Ceballos suffered fatal injuries. The two drivers and a passenger in the 2022 Dodge Ram, Jose Gabriel Mendoza Naba, 32 and also of Mathis, sustained minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.