Name released in fatal crash near Lead

LEAD A motorcyclist who died on June 25 from injuries sustained in a crash on June 21, one mile south of Lead, has been identified by authorities.

Preliminary crash information indicates John Michael Walz, the driver of a 2003 Victory Vegas motorcycle, was traveling north on U.S. Highway 385 near mile marker 121 and failed to negotiate a curve in the road.

Walz became separated from the motorcycle and was was life-flighted to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died from his injuries on June 25.