RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Highway Patrol has identified a Summerset man who died Wednesday in a single-motorcycle crash near Black Hawk, South Dakota. Preliminary crash information indicates 44-year-old Francis Michael Bierman, the driver of a 2010 Triumph motorcycle, was traveling westbound on Erickson Ranch Road near the Escape Lane intersection. Bierman laid the motorcycle down after the curve, left the roadway and became separated from his motorcycle. He sustained fatal injuries. The investigation is ongoing. Share via: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More