Names released in Lawrence County Fatal Crash 

What:    Two-vehicle crash

Where:  US 385, mile marker 115, Five miles south of Lead

When:   3:05 p.m.(MT), Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Driver No. 1: Gavin Feeser, 21, Spearfish, S.D., fatal injuries

Vehicle No. 1: 2019 Indian FTR 1200 S motorcycle

Driver No. 2: Paul Steiger, 63, Sturgis, S.D., no injuries

Vehicle No. 2: 2016 Ford F350 pickup

LAWRENCE COUNTY, S.D.- A Spearfish, S.D. man has been identified as the person who died Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on US 385 five miles south of Lead, S.D.

Preliminary crash information indicates a 2019 Indian motorcycle was traveling north on US 385 at a high rate of speed near mile marker 115. 

The driver did not negotiate the curve and laid the motorcycle onto its side. The driver became separated from the motorcycle and slid underneath a 2016 Ford F350 pickup that was traveling the opposite direction.

The motorcycle came to rest on the shoulder. The pickup came to a stop with the motorcycle driver beneath it.

The motorcycle driver, Gavin Feeser, age 21, sustained fatal injuries. He was wearing a helmet.

The driver of the pickup, Paul Steiger, age 63, was not injured.  He was wearing a seatbelt.

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.