HERMOSA - Authorities confirmed this week a Chadron man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 79 in South Dakota Friday morning.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol says Dannie Barcal, 80, was killed when he tried drive his SUV across the highway into a parking lot in Hermosa at approximately 8:30 a.m.

Barcal was northbound when he turned his vehicle in front of a southbound semi-tractor-trailer. He was taken to a Rapid City hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead. 

The driver of the semi-tractor-trailer, a 29-year-old from Arizona, was unharmed in the accident. 

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.