A deadly combination of speed and alcohol may have led to the deaths of a young motorcyclist and his female passenger in Miami Beach early this morning, police said.
The horrific accident occurred about 2 a.m. when a police officer spotted the motorcycle speeding south on Meridian Avenue, said Miami Beach police spokesman Bobby Hernandez.
Instead of slowing down when he saw the police car's flashing lights, the 21-year-old motorcyclist accelerated to more than 100 mph near the 400 block of Meridian.
The chase came to a stop when the motorcyclist hit a white, four-door Ford Taurus at the 10th Street intersection. The motorcycle operator flew off off the bike and died immediately.
The passenger, who would have turned 20 years old today, died en route to Jackson Memorial Hospital. Both were wearing helmets.
Passengers in the Taurus were treated at the hospital for minor injuries.
Hernandez said the motorcyclist, whose body was still on the scene of the crash as the morning commute began, had a ''business purposes only'' license as a result of a May DUI offense.
The now mangled Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle -- often touted as the ''world's fastest motorcycle,'' Hernandez said -- was rigged with a modified exhaust system and nitrous oxide to increase power.
From the Miami Herald
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