Motorcyclist struck by pickup in Rapid City Friday night dies

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.

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