MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota governor and congressman Bill Janklow was cited this summer for driving 80 mph in a 65 mph zone on state Highway 46 in the southeastern part of the state.
The 72-year-old Janklow was cited in late June and later paid a $59 fine and court costs. Janklow tells The Associated Press that he was trying to get to a hospital to say goodbye to a dying friend.
Janklow has a history of speeding tickets and other traffic violations. He resigned from Congress after killing a motorcyclist in a 2003 accident near Flandreau. A jury convicted him of second-degree manslaughter and he was sentenced to 100 days in jail and fined $5,000.
Janklow says he no longer considers himself a public figure.
Copyrght 2011 The Associated Press.
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