One Dead, Five Injured

One biker dead, five injured in Friday accidents

By: RapidCityJournal.com

"Five motorcycle accidents Friday killed one biker and injured five others, one seriously, at locations throughout the Black Hills.

Tyler Matthews, 40, of Bradenton, Fla., died after he collided with another motorcycle about 3:25 p.m. on U.S. Highway 16A near the State Game Lodge in Custer State Park. Sgt. David Berkley of the South Dakota Highway Patrol in Pierre said Matthews was heading east when a westbound motorcycle turned in front of him.

?Mr. Matthews struck that motorcycle and died at the scene,? Berkley said Saturday.

Matthews? wife, Lisa, was taken by ambulance to Rapid City Regional Hospital. On Saturday, she was listed in fair condition.

Other accidents were:

- 1 p.m. ? Mark Reed of Winnemucca, Nev., received nonlife-threatening injuries after he lost control of his 2001 Harley Davidson on I-90 west of Spearfish when his glasses blew off, and he tried to grab them. He was not wearing a helmet.

- 1:25 p.m. ? Paul Haviland of Ozawkie, Kan., was seriously injured when he lost control of his 2000 Harley Davidson and entered the ditch on U.S. Highway 385 near the Nemo Road intersection. Passenger Sally Lawrence of Topeka, Kan., was treated for minor injuries. Neither was wearing a helmet.

- 7:37 p.m. ? Timothy McClean of Tulsa, Okla., received serious abrasions when he lost control of his 2002 Harley Davidson on Bear Butte Lake Road north of Sturgis. He was not wearing a helmet and was charged with DUI and careless driving.

- 11 p.m. ? Brennen Heigh of Rapid City lost control of his 2004 Kawasaki and struck a guardrail on I-90 west of Black Hawk. Heigh was wearing a helmet. He was treated for minor injuries at Sturgis Regional Hospital and charged with DUI."