DEADWOOD, S.D. – A Garner, Iowa man has been identified as the person who died last Friday night in an ATV crash south of Deadwood.
Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2020 Ranger XP1000 ATV was eastbound on Experimental Forest Road when the vehicle left the roadway while negotiating a curve. The vehicle rolled and all three occupants were thrown from the ATV.
Chad Shaw, the 51-year-old driver, was pronounced dead at the scene. The two male passengers, 25-year-old Jacob Heikens of Spencer, Iowa and 39-year-old Ryan Dillon of Gilbert, Iowa received minor injuries. None of the occupants were wearing a seatbelt.
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
