Wisconsin man identified as fatality in motorcycle crash on I-90 near Kimball

By Mitchell Now September 13, 2023 6:28 am

A Hartland, WI man has been identified as the person who died Saturday evening in a single motorcycle crash 2 miles west of Kimball in Brule County.

Preliminary crash information indicates a 2019 Harley Davidson FLHTK pulling a trailer was traveling westbound on I 90 near mile marker 282 at around 5:25 PM. The tire on the Harley Davidson FLHTK motorcycle went flat causing the motorcycle and trailer to fishtail. The motorcycle and trailer rolled several times.

The driver, 69-year-old Dewey Hemba, was taken by Kimball ambulance to the Sanford Chamberlain Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

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