FILE – In this Feb. 23, 2014, file photo Jason Ravnsborg speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D. Ravnsborg said he’s confident he didn’t commit a crime when he struck and killed a man as he drove along a dark highway in September 2020. It’s the first time Ravnsborg has talked publicly about the crash that killed 55-year-old Joseph Boever along Highway 14 near Highmore.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem answers questions Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Sioux Falls, SD., during an update on the investigation of the Saturday, Sept. 12 crash involving Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A team of prosecutors is waiting for testing results on a piece of debris that may show where the South Dakota Attorney General’s car was when he struck and killed a man over three months ago, a prosecutor said Monday.
A decision on whether to charge Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg in the Sept. 12 crash has been delayed for months, prompting criticism from Gov. Kristi Noem. The Department of Public Safety, which oversaw the investigation, has reported it handed over all its findings to prosecutors, led by Hyde County deputy state’s attorney Emily Sovell.
But Crystal Johnson, the Minnehaha County state’s attorney who is assisting Sovell, said in an email to The Associated Press that she did not have a time frame for the results of additional testing on an “(unusual) item of debris that was in the middle of the accident scene.” She said it could give information on where Ravnsborg’s car was when it struck 55-year-old Joseph Boever, a Hyde County resident.
Sovell did not immediately reply to a request for comment and has not spoken publicly about the case.
Secretary of Public Safety Craig Price, who led the crash investigation, has said Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto the shoulder of a darkened stretch of highway, but has not provided details on what the distraction was. Boever was walking on the side of the road and displaying some type of light when Ravnsborg’s 2011 Ford Taurus hit him, according to Price.
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