A 65-year-old man died in a single motorcycle crash Wednesday evening near Oral, SD.
Preliminary crash information indicates Derald N. Bledsoe, the driver of a 2004 Harley Davidson Softail, was traveling east on West Oral Road. The motorcycle left the roadway and traveled through the ditch, separating the driver from the motorcycle. Bledsoe sustained fatal injuries from the crash.
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.