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<p>The Republican congressman's son, Russ Janklow, said his father expects to be charged in the weekend crash that killed Randy E. Scott, 55, of Hardwick, Minn., the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported.</p> <p>In a written statement, Moody County State's Attorney Bill Ellingson said the speed of Janklow's vehicle has not been determined but, he said, the 1995 Cadillac DeVille traveled about 300 feet after impact.</p>

<p>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Rep. Bill Janklow ran a stop sign before his Cadillac collided with a motorcycle at a rural intersection over the weekend, killing the motorcycle rider, a prosecutor said Tuesday.</p> <p>Investigators still have not determined how fast Janklow was driving, said Moody County State's Attorney William Ellingson.</p>

Police officials say U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow, R-S.D., was driving a car that collided with a motorcycle in rural South Dakota yesterday, leaving the biker dead. Rep. Bill Janklow, R-S.D. The freshman congressman, 63, also had an unidentified staff member in his vehicle, according to the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. Janklow was driving a Cadillac near the small town of Trent, some 25 miles north of Sioux Falls, said Col. Dan Mosteller of the South Dakota Highway Patrol. The Argus-Leader quotes Moody County Coroner Tad Jacobs as saying his dominant impression of the accident was that "the cyclist was not wearing...

Rep. Janklow driving car that kills motorcyclist in South Dakota, troopers say updated: August 17, 2003 - 10:48 AM Posted by Web Producer Susan Wells TRENT, S.D. (AP) - Rep. Bill Janklow was driving a car that hit a motorcycle and killed its rider at a rural intersection, state officials said Sunday. Janklow, 63, a former four-term governor who is in his first congressional term, suffered minor injuries but didn't require medical attention, said Col. Dan Mosteller, the head of the state Highway Patrol. Mosteller said the investigation was continuing, and it wasn't immediately clear whether charges would be filed....