JPDbadgeJamestown, (CSi)   Jamestown Police, the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, the Kidder County Sheriff’s Office and the North Dakota Highway Patrol were involved in a high speed pursuit of a motorcycle, on I-94 westbound.

The chase followed police attempting to pull over a Jamestown  man riding a motorcycle through town at about 9:30 Wednesday morning.

An officer with the Stutsman County Regional Task Force saw a 27-year-old Jamestown man riding the motorcycle  on Business Loop East near 13th Avenue, Southeast.

Police Chief  Scott Edinger says the officer knew the man had a suspended Texas driver’s license and attempted to pull him over in an unmarked police car, with flashing lights . The man did not pull over.

The man continued to operate  on Business Loop East through Jamestown to 17th Street Southwest, entering I-94 at Exit 257, with two marked Jamestown police cars and  NDHP vehicles in pursuit with speeds reaching over 120 mph..

Edinger says as the pursuit continued,  the man threw objects out of his pockets.

The pursuit ended near the  I-94 Crystal Springs exit,  36 miles west of Jamestown, as the man attempted to negotiate the motorcycle  at a curve at high speed, crossed the median and lost control of the motorcycle as it hit the rumble strip on the eastbound lanes of I-94.

The man was transported by air ambulance to Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, with injuries to his arm, back, and leg..

The man was not wearing a helmet.

Authorities  will speak to the man about the items he tossed during the pursuit,  found in the median and ditches near Exit 257 and mile markers 232 and 228.

Charges have not yet been filed, as the investigation continues.