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According to police, the man then left the interstate and changed directions, entering the westbound lanes of I-70, where he lost control and hit a guardrail.

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Police: injured motorcyclist led high-speed chase

Updated: Friday, 19 Mar 2010, 12:31 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 19 Mar 2010, 6:25 AM EDT

Jacqueline Policastro

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Metro Police say a man is in critical condition following a crash on I-70 that resulted from a high-speed chase early Friday morning.

Officers say they tried to pull over a man speeding on a motorcycle around 2:30 a.m. in the 3000 block of Lafayette Road. They say the man would not pull over and drove into the southbound lanes of I-65.

Police followed him from I-65 to eastbound to I-70 where speeds topped 100 miles per hour.

According to police, the man then left the interstate and changed directions, entering the westbound lanes of I-70, where he lost control and hit a guardrail.

Medics took the man to Wishard Hospital in critical condition.

Officers had I-70 closed for about an hour early Friday.

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