MAY 25, 2023:
A Pipestone, Minn., man has been identified as the person who died Sunday evening (May 21, 2023) in a two-vehicle crash eight miles east of White.
Preliminary crash information from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicates that a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle and a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle were traveling south on 486th avenue. The lead motorcycle lost control going around a curve. The second motorcycle rear-ended the lead motorcycle. Both motorcycles came to rest in the west ditch.
Blake Edwin Olsen, 29, of Pipestone was the driver of the second motorcycle. He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The 32-year-old male driver of the lead motorcycle, Taylor James Shellum of Trent was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
Neither driver was wearing a helmet, and alcohol use is under investigation.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
MAY 23, 2023:
One person died Sunday evening (9:05pm) in a motorcycle crash eight miles east of White in Brookings County.
The names of the persons involved have not been released.
Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle and a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle were traveling south on 486th avenue. The lead motorcycle lost control going around a curve. The second motorcycle rear-ended the lead motorcycle. Both motorcycles came to rest in the west ditch.
The 29-year-old male driver of the second motorcycle was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The 32-year-old male driver of the lead motorcycle was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
Neither driver was wearing a helmet, and alcohol use is under investigation.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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