Updated: Motorcycle Rider Gets Away in High-Speed Chase

Updated: 12/12/13 1:48 am -- adds comment 

Late in the evening on Dec. 4, a motorcycle led police on a high-speed chase through areas of Trenton, Riverview and Southgate, and got away.

Southgate police said they picked up the chase around Fort Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, but were unable to catch or identify the bike. 

The chase started at 8:40 p.m. on Fort Street where an officer clocked the white and gray bike traveling 78 mph in a 50-mph zone. When officers initiated pursuit, the bike was speeding northbound toward West Road, running red lights at Harrison and King.

The driver eluded one of the officers, but was later seen by police turning onto Detroit Street from Sibley. The officer did not attempt pursuit as the bike accelerated and "jumped Sibley from Roehrig onto Kurise Street and into the city of Riverview," the report said. 

Trenton Police Chief Steven Voss said that in "any instance when a vehicle flees police, we are always going to take into account the safety of our residents first.”

A short time after, Southgate police picked up the chase, but were unable to obtain plate or registration information.

No injuries were reported.