(From the Findlay Police Department)

Officers initiated a traffic stop with a motorcycle at the intersection of W Crawford St and S West St on 8-24-25 at 1634 hours for not having a license plate.

The motorcycle failed to comply with the traffic stop and continued southbound on Liberty St at high rates of speed.

The motorcycle continued westbound on Lima Ave at speeds of 100mph until it reached I-75, where the motorcycle turned northbound.

The motorcycle continued northbound on I-75 at speeds of 150mph until it reached CR99 where it turned eastbound.

The motorcycle continued eastbound on CR99 at speeds of 150mph until it reached CR236.

The motorcycle turned southbound onto CR236 and officers lost sight of it near the area of SR12.

The pursuit was terminated after officers lost sight of the motorcycle.

WFIN – The police department confirmed to WFIN that six minutes after they terminated the pursuit there was a fatal crash involving the motorcyclist at U.S. 224 and Township Road 259.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash.