FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Feb. 13, 2016

Contact: Capt. Kevin Karley, Lt. Jason Ketterling, Lt. Ted Garstenshlager, South Dakota Highway Patrol, 605-394-2286 or Tony Mangan, Department of Public Safety, 605-773-6196

Corrects age of victim from original release

Name Released in Meade County Fatal Crash

What: One-vehicle fatal crash

Where: High Meadows Road, one mile west of Summerset, S.D.

When: 9:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

Driver: William Hardy, 51, Black Hawk, S.D., Fatal Injuries

Vehicle: 2016 Polaris 1000 Sportsman ATV

SUMMERSET, S.D. – A Black Hawk, S.D. man, identified as William Hardy, 51, died in an ATV crash that occurred Thursday night west of Summerset, S.D.

Hardy was driving a 2016 Polaris 1000 Sportsman ATV westbound on High Meadows Road, which is a gravel road. The vehicle was traveling up a steep hill when the driver lost control. The ATV went off the roadway and Hardy was thrown from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. The Meade County Sheriff’s Office and Summerset Police Department also were at the scene. The Highway Patrol is part 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.