CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Early this morning on I-64 East in Chesapeake, state troopers attempted to flag down a motorcyclist that they said was driving faster than 100 miles per hour.
Facing the 12:45 a.m. traffic stop, Todd Allen Desper, 44, wouldn't stop. Police said the Chesapeake man sped up and exited the interstate at Indian River.
State police said the motorcycle smashed head-on into a trooper's car that was stopped in the roadway. Desper was injured, and the trooper sustained minor injuries.
Police said Desper faces warrants for felony eluding police, felony altering the vehicle identification of the motorcycle, damage to state property and lack of registration.
Virginia State Police said Desper, of the 4000 block of Ridgewood Court, will be taken into custody when he is released from the hospital.
