LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky State Police is investigating after a fatal police pursuit Sunday afternoon in Hardin County.
According to police, a pursuit with officers and a speeding Yamaha motorcycle began around 2:52 p.m. on the Western Kentucky Parkway near 132 mile maker.
A trooper initiated emergency equipment, but the motorcyclist didn't stop. The motorcyclist, later identified as Michael Beaver, 36, of Columbus, Ohio, continued to travel on the parkway and onto Interstate 65, entering at 91 mile marker.
After exiting I-65 three miles further northbound, Beaver lost control on the off ramp. He was critically injured and taken to Hardin County EMS but was pronounced dead there.
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