A Bismarck, N.D. man has been identified as the person who died Sept. 8, 2021, in a motorcycle crash southeast of Bison.
Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2011 Harley-Davidson FLHTK motorcycle was southbound on Bixby Road near the intersection with Ridgeview Road when the motorcycle went into the ditch.
Vernell Hoechst, the 66-year-old operator, was not wearing a helmet and was thrown from the motorcycle. He was first transported by ambulance to the Hettinger, N.D. hospital and then airlifted to a Bismarck, N.D. hospital where he died.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is part of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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