West Iredell, NC : Motorcyclist critically injured when he crashed while trying to elude a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper early Monday afternoon, April 18, 2016
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
A motorcyclist was critically injured when he crashed while trying to elude a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper early Monday afternoon, authorities said.
The operator, Daniel D. Bowlin, 29, of Hillsborough, is a patient at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, said First Sgt. Brian Owenby of the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Owenby said the highway patrol communications center in Salisbury received a call late Monday morning about a motorcycle being operated at a high rate of speed and in a reckless manner.
Trooper J.N. Chapman said he spotted the motorcycle traveling about 80 mph near the 157-mile marker on Interstate 40. Chapman said he turned around in the median and the motorcycle accelerated to more than 100 mph.
Chapman closed in on the bike and it continued west on Interstate 40, exiting at Stamey Farm Road.
As his motorcycle approached the stop sign at the intersection with Island Ford Road, the operator braked and went across Island Ford Road, Chapman said. The bike struck an embankment and went airborne, landing in a yard. The operator was thrown several feet, coming to rest in a driveway.
Bowlin was taken via Iredell EMS to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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