UPDATE (8:40 p.m.): News 5 has learned more about this deadly motorcycle crash.

Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack said the deputy attempted to stop the individual because the vehicle did not have a license plate.

The pursuit lasted approximately one minute when the individual lost control in a curve, Mack said.

Methamphetamine was found on the crash victim, News 5 has learned.

ORIGINAL STORY:

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Alabama State Troopers say a Fairhope man is dead after a chase by a Baldwin County deputy led to a deadly crash.

The crash happened on County Road 9, 5 miles east of Fairhope, at about 1:12 am Saturday.

A news release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says 35-year-old Andrew Harrison died when the motorcycle he was riding left the roadway, hit a culvert, and threw him off.

“Harrison was attempting to elude a Baldwin County Sherriff’s Deputy at the time of the crash,” said the news release.

The release doesn’t say why the deputy was trying to stop Harrison.

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