Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian on the shoulder of a highway in September 2020.
The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached state over a 2020 fatal crash in which he initially told authorities he thought he had struck a deer or another large animal. Ravnsborg will at least temporarily be removed from office pending the historic Senate trial, where it takes a two-thirds majority to convict on impeachment charges. Ravnsborg last year to a pair of traffic misdemeanors in the crash, including making an illegal lane change. He cast Joseph Boever’s death as a tragic accident. On Monday night, he sent lawmakers a pair of defiant letters urging them to vote against impeachment. « In a few hours, your vote will set a precedent for years to come, » Ravnsborg said in the first of two letters sent Monday night and obtained by the Argus Leader. « No state has ever impeached an elected official for a traffic accident.
