They rode out together on a warm Saturday afternoon, two people sharing one motorcycle and one moment — and by the time emergency crews cleared the scene, both of them were gone. Nick Schramm and RaeAnn Huber lost their lives on May 16, 2026, in a devastating multi-vehicle crash near the intersection of West Vision Drive and North Marion Road in northwest Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was just before five in the evening when everything fell apart.
Dispatchers sent emergency crews rushing to the scene at around 4:50 p.m. after calls started flooding in about a serious collision. What they found when they got there was heartbreaking. A 2005 Harley-Davidson motorcycle had slammed into a 2006 Mitsubishi Raider pickup truck, and the results were catastrophic. Nick Schramm, one of the two people on that Harley, was pronounced dead right there on the road. There was nothing anyone could do for him by the time help arrived.
RaeAnn Huber, the second rider, was still breathing when paramedics got to her. She was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition, and for a moment, there may have been hope. But that hope didn’t hold. Huber died from her injuries not long after arriving at the hospital, making this one of the most tragic Saturday afternoons this corner of South Dakota has seen in a long time. Two people left together and neither came back.
The driver of the Mitsubishi Raider didn’t walk away unscathed either. That person suffered serious injuries and was also rushed to a local hospital for treatment. A third vehicle was caught up in the wreck too — a 2016 Chrysler 300 — though authorities confirmed that the folks inside that car came out without a scratch. It’s one of those strange, gut-wrenching details that comes with crashes like this: some people walk away, and some people don’t.
The intersection of West Vision Drive and North Marion Road was shut down for hours while investigators combed through the wreckage and worked to piece together exactly what happened. Traffic was rerouted as officers documented evidence and began the painstaking process of reconstructing the sequence of events that led to two people dying on an otherwise ordinary Saturday. Neighbors and passersby who witnessed the aftermath described the scene as deeply disturbing.
As of now, police haven’t said what caused the crash. They haven’t confirmed whether speed was a factor, whether anyone was impaired, or whether any traffic violations played a role in the collision. Those are the kinds of questions that families are left sitting with while investigators do their work. The Sioux Falls Police Department said more information was expected to come out at a Monday morning briefing as the investigation continued.
Nick Schramm and RaeAnn Huber were just two people out on a ride. What their story was, where they were going, who’s waiting for them at home — those are the details that don’t make it into police reports but matter the most to the people left behind. What we do know is that they were together when it ended, and that a community in Sioux Falls is grieving two lives cut far too short on a Saturday that started like any other.
