A teenage motorcyclist who crashed into a car after fleeing from police in Fridley has died.
Police identified the motorcyclist as 18-year-old Zachary McGee of New Brighton.
Authorities said an officer tried to stop McGee late Tuesday morning for reckless driving, but McGee took off near 61st and University Avenues Northeast.
The officer didn’t pursue the driver because of policy and concerns for public safety.
McGee ran stop lights and used turn lanes to speed around traffic, police said. Witnesses told police that as McGee reached the intersection with 49th Avenue Northeast, he drove through a red light at at least 100 mph and struck the rear driver’s side of a car proceeding through the intersection.
McGee was not wearing a helmet. The driver of the car was not injured.
Fridley police said the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office will release more details about McGee’s death.