Name Released in Lawrence County Fatal Crash

What:    Single-vehicle crash

Where:  U.S. Highway 14A, mile marker 36, two miles west of Lead, S.D.

When:   12:24 p.m., Sunday, July 30, 2023

Driver: Dillan Stelly, 18, Alma, KS, fatal injuries

Vehicle: 2023 Indian Super Chief Limited-Edition ABS

Lawrence County S.D.- A Kansas man has been identified as the person who died Sunday afternoon in a one vehicle crash two miles west of Lead, S.D.

Preliminary crash information indicates a 2023 Indian Super Chieftain motorcycle was traveling near mile marker 36 on U.S. Highway 14A.   The driver, Dillan Stelly, age 18, did not navigate a curve in the road.  The motorcycle and driver left the road, entered a ditch, and struck an embankment.

Stelly was taken by Black Hills Life Flight to Monument Health in Rapid City.  However, his injuries were fatal.

He was not wearing a helmet.

Both lanes of U.S. 14A were closed for about an hour and then reopened.

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.