Sturgis 2008 Rally Fatalities
As of Friday - Official Rally fatalities, which only runs from Monday, Aug. 4, to Sunday, Aug. 10, stands at one motorcycle accident resulting in a death. At this time last year, there were three accidents resulting in a total of three fatalities. Hopefully everyone makes it out of town, and back home safely.
Injury Accidents Down - There have been 42 accidents reported through Wednesday compared to 46 a year ago.Twenty-five of those accidents were reported in the Sturgis area. Ten others occurred in the Southern Hills along with six in Rapid City and one in the Badlands.
Meade County - The Meade County Sherriff has reported injury accidents are down significantly, with 24 to date compared to 35 last year. His department’s warnings and citations numbers have held pretty consistently with last year. The department has issued 207 warnings this year compared to 172 in 2007. Total citation numbers are 127 this year, up 14 from a year ago. Total arrest numbers are 290 in 2008 compared to 306 last year.
