Information is still being gathered after a short chase between King County Sheriff’s deputies and a motorcyclist ended in a fatal collision in White Center.
Yesterday evening at 6 p.m. a deputy with the sheriff’s department spotted a wanted felon entering a home on 112 St. in White Center. The deputy stood by and called for backup. As additional officers arrived the felon spotted them, jumped on a motorcycle and sped off.
The chase was short but the man did manage to reach speeds of over 100 mph. At the corner of 112th St. and 1 Ave. S. the fleeing motorcyclist collided with the back end of a pickup truck.
“Fatal collision at 112/1 S. Truck v. Motorcycle. That’s all I know so far,” tweeted Media Officer BJ Myers on the King County Sheriff’s twitter page at 6:54 p.m.
None of the occupants in the truck were injured.
What is known at this time is that the motorcyclist was 39-years-old and had multiple outstanding warrants. It is not known what those warrants were regarding or to what extent his legal troubles would have been if he had been arrested.
Updates to come as more information becomes available.