Names Released in Minnehaha County Fatal Crash

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012

CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer, Lt. Alan Welsh or Lt. Paul Gerken, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700

 

           Names Released in Minnehaha County Fatal Crash

 

What: One-vehicle fatal crash

When: Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, 11:47 a.m.

Where: Interstate 90, mile marker 389, about two miles east of Hartford, SD exit

 

Driver: Bruce D. Iden, 61,  Normal, IL, life-threatening injuries

Passenger: Barbara B. Iden, 61, Normal, IL, fatal

Vehicle: 2002 Harley Davidson  motorcycle

 

HARTFORD, S.D. – An Illinois woman died and her husband was seriously injured in a single motorcycle crash about two miles east of the Hartford exit on Interstate 90 on Wednesday, Aug. 8.

 

Barbara B. Iden, 61, of Normal, Ill., was the passenger on a 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Bruce D. Iden, 61, also of Normal. Bruce Iden lost control of the eastbound motorcycle, which overturned and came to a stop in the driving lane.

 

Both riders were thrown from the motorcycle. Neither was wearing a helmet. Barbara Iden was dead at the scene. Bruce Iden was taken to a Sioux Falls hospital with life-threatening injuries.

 

No further information is immediately available.

 

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office and the Sioux Falls Police Department assisted.

 

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