RAPID CITY, S.D. Officials have released the identity of a 56-year-old woman who died Sept. 3, 2024, from injuries sustained Aug. 8, 2024, in a single-vehicle crash 24 miles north of Newell.
Preliminary crash information indicates on August 8, 2024, Julie L. Ostlund from Berthold, N.D., the driver of a 2001 Harley Davidson, was traveling southbound on SD Highway 79 near mile marker 157 when the motorcycle drifted off the road to the right and struck a delineator pole, coming to rest in the west ditch.
Ostlund was transported to a Rapid City hospital with life-threatening injuries. She passed away on September 3 from the injuries sustained in the crash.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
