FREEMAN-A man suffered serious, non-life threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon south of Freeman.
Dean Schulte, 51, of Mission Hill, was traveling west on 291st Street near the intersection of U.S. Highway 81, when he lost control of the 2010 Harley Davison motorcycle he was driving and entered the ditch, according to Tony Mangan, public information officer for the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. The crash occurred at 4:54 p.m. Sunday.
Schulte was not wearing a helmet and suffered serious, non-life threatening injuries in the crash. Schulte was transported to Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. Charges are pending, Mangan said.
A passenger, Carol Schulte, 62, of Mission Hill, was not wearing a helmet and suffered minor injuries. She was transported to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.
Other responding agencies were the Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office, Menno Fire Department and Ambulance and Sanford Careflight.
