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What: Two-vehicle fatal crash
Where: Nemo Road, 8 miles southwest of Deadwood, South Dakota
When: 3:34 p.m., Friday, October 9, 2026
Driver 1: David Orlin Lustfield, 65-year-old male from Balaton, Minnesota, serious non-life-threatening injuries
Vehicle 1: 2002 Harley-Davidson FLSTC
Helmet Used: No
Passenger 1: Katherine Ann Lustfield, 66-year-old female from Balaton, Minnesota, serious non-life-threatening injuries
Helmet Used: No
Driver 2: Neco James Biou, 35-year-old male from Rapid City, South Dakota, fatal injuries
Vehicle 2: 2013 Harley-Davidson FLHX
Helmet Used: No
Lawrence County, S.D.- A Rapid City man died Friday in a two-vehicle crash near Deadwood, South Dakota.
Preliminary crash information indicates Neco James Biou, the driver of a 2013 Harley-Davidson FLHX motorcycle, was traveling southbound on Nemo Road when he approached a curve in the roadway and began to slide. At the same time, David Orlin Lustfield, the driver of a 2002 Harley-Davidson FLSTC motorcycle, was traveling northbound at the same location. Biou’s Harley-Davidson slid into the other motorcycle and continued into the ditch. Biou sustained fatal injuries. Lustfield and his passenger, Katherine Ann Lustfield, were taken to a Deadwood hospital with serious non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing. All information released is preliminary.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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