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.