Name Released in Tripp County Fatal Crash

What:    Single-vehicle crash

Where:  U.S. Highway 183, mile marker 1, 20 miles south of Colome, S.D.

When:   5:42 p.m., Thursday, August 3, 2023

Driver: Gary Jones, 70, Ainsworth, NE., fatal injuries

Vehicle: 2002 Honda GL1800 motorcycle

Tripp County, S.D.- An Ainsworth, NE. man has been identified as the person who died Thursday, August 3, in a one-motorcycle crash 20 miles south of Colome, S.D.

Preliminary crash information indicates a 2002 Honda GL1800 motorcycle appears to have driven off the road while attempting to go around a curve near mile marker 1 on U.S. 183.

After leaving the road, the Honda rolled several times, and the driver became separated from the motorcycle.

The driver, Gary Jones, age 70, sustained fatal injuries.

He was wearing a helmet.

South Dakota’s 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.

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Note: Records of state-reportable crashes are now available at http://www.safesd.gov/  Records should be available about 10 days after the investigation is complete.