An Indiana State Police chase ended yesterday morning after a motorcyclist crashed on Grandview Drive in Bartholomew County.

According to police reports, the chase started on Interstate 65 at about 1:30 a.m. near the Columbus exit, when a trooper saw a motorcycle driving at about 90 miles per hour, says Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, spokesman for the state police. The biker got off the interstate at Walesboro and fled on county roads before the crash.

The driver, 24-year-old Kevin A. Demott of Lansing, Mich. was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment before being arrested on preliminary charges of possession of a handgun by a serious violent felon, resisting law enforcement, operating while intoxicated, and reckless driving.