Victim of fatal bow hunting accident in White identified

WHITE, S.D.(KJJQ)- A Sioux Falls man is dead after a bow hunting accident southeast of White.

Brookings County Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring says it was reported just before 9:00 o’clock Friday morning in a field near the intersection of 482nd Avenue and 205th Street.

Sebring says the Sheriff’s Office is investigating but it appears to be a horrible accident.

Sheriff’s officials have identified the victim of a fatal hunting accident in Brookings County. Sixty-two-year-old Mark Steinborn of Sioux Falls died Friday when he was accidentally shot with an arrow while bow hunting turkeys in White. Life saving measures were attempted at the scene, but were unsuccessful. The incident is under investigation by the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

The White Ambulance, Brookings Ambulance, South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, and Brookings County Sheriff’s Office all responded.