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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday Aug. 6, 2011
CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer or Lt. Alan Welsh, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700
Brookings County Fatal Crash
What: One-vehicle fatal crash
When: Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, 12:15 p.m.
Where: U.S. 14 mile marker 418 near Brookings, SD
Driver 1: Alvin A. Havisto, 66, Ramsey, Minnesota, FATAL
Vehicle 1: 2009 Harley Davidson - Motorcycle
BROOKINGS, S.D. – A Ramsey, Minnesota man died in a motorcycle crash Saturday on U.S. 14 near Brookings.
Alvin A. Havisto, 66, of Ramsey, Minnesota was driving his 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on U.S. 14 near Brookings, when he lost control of his motorcycle. The motorcycle left the road and rolled several times, ejecting Havisto from
the motorcycle. Havisto was transported to the Brookings Hospital by the Brookings Ambulance where he later died. Havisto was not wearing a helmet.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. The Brookings Police Department and Brookings County Sheriff’s Office assisted.
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