Motorcycle crash on Highway 44 sparks wildfire

News Staff
August 3, 2021
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Last Updated 3 years ago

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A motorcycle crash on Highway 44 near Creston Monday sparked a wildfire and seriously injured the rider.

Jerome Harvey with the Pennington County Fire says the motorcycle went off the road, crashed into a fence and started on fire.

The driver was flown to a hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in the crash.

The crash also sparked a wildfire, which Harvey says burned around 50 acres.

The crash was under investigation.

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