Name Released in Lawrence County Fatal Motorcycle Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  US Highway 14A, mile marker 17, six miles south of Spearfish, SD
When:   2:15 p.m., Sunday, October 27, 2024

Driver 1: Jess Harold Dean Pinkerton,46-year-old male from Belle Fourche, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 2015 Kawasaki ZX1000K
Helmet Used: No

Lawrence County, S.D.- A motorcyclist died Sunday afternoon a single vehicle crash six miles south of Spearfish, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Jess H. D. Pinkerton, the driver of a 2015 Kawasaki motorcycle, was traveling northbound on US Highway 14A near mile marker 17 when he left the roadway and went over the embankment into the creek. Pinkerton became separated from his motorcycle and sustained fatal injuries from the crash. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.

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.