Name Released in Butte County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal motorcycle crash
Where:  SD Highway 79, mile marker 157, 24 miles north of Newell, SD
When:   4:29 p.m., Thursday, August 8, 2024

Vehicle 1: 2001 Harley Davidson ISF
Driver 1: Julie Lynn Ostlund, 56-year-old female from Berthold, ND, fatal injuries
Helmet Use: No


Butte County, S.D.- A 56-year-old woman died September 3 from injuries sustained August 8 in a single-vehicle crash near Newell, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates on August 8, 2024, Julie L. Ostlund, 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.

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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.