FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011  

CONTACT: Captain Kevin Karley or Lt. David Berkley, South Dakota Highway Patrol 605.394.2286

What: One-vehicle fatal motorcycle crash

Where: Interstate 90, mile marker 95, three miles west of Wasta, SD

When: Wednesday, Aug. 3, 5:30 p.m.

 

Driver 1: Kurt Lee Stolba, 57, Wilton, Iowa, fatal

Vehicle 1: 2008 Harley Davidson FLHR

 

WASTA, S.D. – An Iowa man died in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 90 about three miles west of Wasta on Wednesday, Aug. 3.

 

Kurt Lee Stolba, 57, of Wilton, Iowa, was eastbound on Interstate 90 on a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle. Witnesses reported that a bolt of lightning struck Stolba. His motorcycle drifted to the right shoulder of the roadway and struck the guard rail. Stolba, who wasn’t wearing a helmet, was thrown from the motorcycle. He died while being transported to a Rapid City hospital. The exact cause of death hasn’t been determined.

 

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Pennington County Sheriff’s Office assisted.

 

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