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Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
Compiled from 6 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 to 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, 2016
Item | Sturgis | Rapid City District | District Total | Last Year to Date |
DUI Arrests | 42 | 5 | 47 | 60 |
Misd Drug Arrests | 39 | 14 | 53 | 58 |
Felony Drug Arrests | 10 | 4 | 14 | 22 |
Total Citations | 209 | 229 | 438 | 376 |
Total Warnings | 981 | 518 | 1,499 | 1,257 |
Cash Seized | $623.00 | 0 | 623.00 | $319.00 |
Vehicles Seized | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
For Drug Poss. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
For Serial No. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-Injury Accidents | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
Injury Accidents | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
Fatal Accidents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
# of Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Sunday Injury Crashes
At 9:35 a.m., U.S. Highway 385, mile marker 111, 10 miles south of Deadwood: Bradley Childs, 62, Scottsbluff, NE, was driving a motorcycle south when he hit a deer. Chiolds sustained serious non-life threatening injuries. He was wearing a helmet.
At 9:54 a.m., Sheridan Lake Road, mile marker 13, 13 miles west of Rapid City: William Tines, 68, New Underwood, S.D., was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee east on Sheridan Lake Road. A westbound motorcycle came around a curve, went across the center lane and hit the jeep. Tines, who was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured. The motorcycle driver, Keith Henderson, 57, Pittsburgh, PA, and the passenger, Jennifer Taylor, 49, Pittsburgh, PA, both sustained minor injuries. They were wearing helmets.
At 11:25 a.m., Interstate 90, mile marker 196, four miles east of Murdo: Rickie Weerheim, 67, Lead, S.D., was driving a 2004 Chevy Malibu westbound when he lost control. The vehicle went into the ditch and rolled several times. Weerheim suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital in Pierre. He was wearing a seatbelt.
At 1:29 p.m., U.S. Highway 14A, mile marker 18, nine miles west of Spearfish: Charles Epperson, 40, Broken Bow, NE, was driving a motorcycle when he lost control. Both he and the passenger, Kerrie Bepristis, 41, North Platte, NE, suffered serious non-life threatening injuries. Epperson was wearing a helmet. Bepristis was not.
At 5:59 p.m., Nemo Road and Vanocker Canyon Road, 17 miles south of Sturgis: Paul Scofield, 30, Greenwood Village, CO, was driving a motorcycle when he lost control. Both he and the passenger, Jenna Torgerson, 29, Fort Collins, CO, received minor injuries. Scofield was not wearing a helmet; unknown if Torgerson was a helmet.
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