By Associated Press - Monday, August 6, 2018

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) - Two people have died in crashes on the second day of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Authorities say a motorcyclist missed a curve on Highway 85 Saturday afternoon, went into a ditch and through a fence. The driver was thrown from the bike and was pronounced dead at the scene.

In another fatal crash Saturday the driver of a utility terrain vehicle, a 53-year-old man, died after he missed a curve east of Deadwood and rolled over. A passenger suffered serious injuries.



The rally runs through Aug. 12.

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