The South Dakota attorney general said he thought he hit a deer when he struck and killed a man Saturday. He said he discovered the body when he returned to the scene the next day.
when he struck and killed a man on Saturday night and that he discovered the body when he returned to the scene the next day.
Ravnsborg said he drove home from the Spink County Lincoln Day Dinner in Redfield around 9:15 p.m. Saturday. He did not drink any alcohol before, during or after the event, and that on his way back to Pierre he hit what he believed to be a deer. "At no time did either of us suspect that I had been involved in an accident with a person," he said.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol was notified about the fatality Sunday morning, and authorities immediately began investigating the crash, said Tony Mangan, spokesman for the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. Gov. Kristi Noem and DPS secretary Craig Price held a news conference Sunday evening, announcing that Ravnsborg was involved.
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