
STURGIS, S.D. – With the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally wrapping up Sunday, the Saturday report from the South Dakota Highway Patrol showed a quiet day overall as visitors have begun the trek home.
Only one injury accident was reported by the patrol. It happened on Interstate 90 at mile marker 75, when a Harley Davidson motorcycle lost control in the rain and struck a cable guard rail. The patrol says the motorcycle driver was wearing a helmet, but sustained serious non-life-threatening injuries. He was taken to a hospital in Rapid City.
On the year, the patrol responded to 31 non-injury accidents, 39 injury accidents and 3 fatal crashes since Friday, August 7th. Fatalities that occurred before that time are not included in the patrol’s rally report.
In other stats for the year, the patrol reported 114 D-U-I arrests, 221 misdemeanor drug arrests, 108 felony drug arrests and 228 custodial arrests.
The patrol handed out 1,709 citations and issued 4,572 warnings.




