A man riding a motorcycle east on Imhoff Road crashed his motorcycle into a sports utility vehicle and fled from the accident on foot Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened at the intersection of Imhoff Road and Chautauqua Avenue a few minutes after 4 p.m.
Terisa Haase said she was driving her 1997 green Nissan Pathfinder south on Chautauqua Avenue when the motorcycle struck her vehicle. Haase, who was not injured in the crash, said she never saw the motorcycle coming.
Norman resident Douglas Crowder said he was driving north on Chautauqua through the intersection when he saw the collision occur.
“He’d have gotten me if he hadn’t gotten [Haase],” Crowder said.
The rider of the motorcycle appeared to be injured, but stood up and tried to start his motorcycle, Haase said. When it failed to start, he ran.
“It looked like he was desperate,” she said. “So he just took off.”
A few of the witnesses, including criminology senior Grant Frankfurt, followed the man on foot and in their cars, helping direct Norman police to the man’s location.
Witnesses said police were already in pursuit of the man driving the motorcycle when the crash occurred.
“We had heard that he was driving all over town, really fast,” Haase said.
Norman police would not confirm that the suspect was involved in a chase at the time of the crash.
Kody Lewis, who also said he heard that police were chasing the motorcyclist before the collision, witnessed the incident. He said the suspect told him he would give him $1,000 for a ride, but he refused.
“He was coming around trying to get in my car, and I locked the door,” Lewis said.
After Lewis locked his doors, the suspect ran, and Lewis dialed 911 and started chasing the man. He lost him when the suspect jumped a fence, but other witnesses were able to see where the suspect went.
Crowder said he heard the suspect go into a garage near the intersection and told the police where he thought the suspect was. The officer found the suspect and arrested him.
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