A MOTORCYCLE CRASH SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN UNION COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF THE DRIVER.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE 64-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WAS RIDING ON 319TH STREET WHEN A DEER RAN ONTO THE ROAD AND WAS STRUCK BY THE MOTORCYCLE.
THE DRIVER, WHO WAS WEARING A HELMET, WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE AND LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
THE NAME OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELK POINT AROUND 3:30PM.
