A 20-year-old Norfolk man died early Saturday morning after the motorcycle he was driving crashed during a high-speed police pursuit, according to a news release from state police.

The driver was identified as Christian Robert Markus Snyder, 20, of Norfolk.

Around 1:24 a.m., a trooper near the Laskin Road overpass on Interstate 264 reported detecting a motorcycle speeding westward over 100 mph in a 55 mph zone. After the trooper attempted to pull over the motorcycle, it did not stop and accelerated to over 140 mph, police said.

According to the news release, the motorcyclist took the Ballentine Boulevard exit, running a red light, and reentered I-264 west. The motorcycle then exited the interstate again at Brambleton Avenue, continuing at high speeds and running another red light at Park Avenue.

The pursuit ended when the motorcycle veered onto the Brambleton Avenue service road near the railroad overpass. The motorcycle crashed head-on into the concrete wall at the railroad overpass at the end of the roadway, according to state police.

Snyder was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Virginia State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit is leading the investigation into the crash, according to the release.

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