RAPID CITY, S.D. — Police in Rapid City have released the name of a motorcyclist killed in a collision with a pickup truck Friday night.
Police say 19-year-old Joseph Hays of Piedmont died from injuries sustained in the crash.
The accident happened May 22 at approximately 9:40 p.m. near the intersection of Flormann Street and Mount Rushmore Road.
Accident investigators say the motorcycle was traveling southbound on Mount Rushmore Road at a high rate of speed when it struck the passenger side of a pickup truck that was making a left turn into a parking lot.
Police say a passerby had begun emergency life-saving measures on the motorcyclist until a medical unit arrived on scene.
Hays was taken to Monument Health Hospital where he died Saturday morning.
Police are continuing to investigate the crash.
