POWELL TOWNSHIP, MI-- A motorcyclist escaped injury, following a crash in Powell Township.
The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Thursday around 6:15 p.m. on County Road 550. The sheriff’s office was patrolling the area when a deputy saw a motorcycle driving northbound at a high rate of speed. The deputy gave chase, at which time the motorcyclist turned to go southbound. The deputy tried to stop the bike with the patrol car’s lights, siren, and a hand signal, but the driver of the bike once again fled the scene. He failed to negotiate a curve, went off the roadway, and crashed east of the Marquette city limits.
The driver—an 18-year-old Marquette man—was not injured.
He was arrested on numerous charges.