CANTON, S.D. – A Canton woman has been identified as the person who died in a two-vehicle crash on December 31st west of Canton.

Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2007 Saturn Vue was southbound on South Dakota Highway 115 at around 10:30 PM. As it entered the intersection with U.S. Highway 18, it collided with a 2012 Subaru Forester that was eastbound on U.S. Highway 18.

Rebecca Earll, the 40-year-old driver of the Subaru, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was wearing a seatbelt.

William Pigg, 57, of Sioux Falls was the driver of the Saturn. He was not wearing a seatbelt, had to be extricated from the vehicle, suffered life-threatening injuries, and was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital. Charges are pending against him.