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Associated Press - July 23, 2009 12:05 PM ET
GEDDES, S.D. (AP) - A Texas man has died in a motorcycle crash in southeastern South Dakota.
The Highway Patrol says 61-year-old Vernon Newsom of Mansfield, Texas, was trying to pass a truck on state Highway 50 near Geddes about 6 p.m. Wednesday when the truck started to turn. Newsom drove into the ditch to avoid a collision, and the motorcycle hit an approach and rolled.
The patrol says Vernon Newsom's 62-year-old wife, Sharon, was a passenger on the bike and suffered life-threatening injuries.
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