Location:

Southern

To be attributed to Acting Inspector Mel Robertson, Southland Area Prevention Manager:

Police are investigating after a motorcycle crash in Strathern, Invercargill yesterday (17 May).

At around 7.15am, officers observed a motorcyclist riding without a helmet on Pomona Street and signalled him to stop.

The motorcyclist initially complied, coming to a stop on the side of the road. However, when the police car pulled in behind it, he rode away at speed.  He then appears to have lost control and crashed a short distance away.