Starkville Police Make Motorcycle Wreck Arrest

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — Starkville police are releasing the name of the motorcyclist, who they say got into a wreck while trying to flee from them.

Police arrested 18-year-old Zachary Rhodes, of Mathiston, for “failure to stop a motor vehicle when an officer signals.”

Investigators tell WCBI the wreck happened shortly before 11 a.m., Sunday.

An officer tried to conduct a traffic stop on Jackson Street, when police say Rhodes took off, ran a red light, and hit a Ford Focus making a turn.

Rhodes was then taken to OCH Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the other car was OK.

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