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Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit
Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Authorities on Thursday identified a 20-year-old motorcyclist from Teterboro who crashed Wednesday morning in Lyndhurst, breaking his leg, moments after police broke off a high-speed chase, authorities said. The Harley Davidson was missing a license plate when an officer tried pulling over Michael L. Thorpe near the corner of Ridge Road and Valley Brook Avenue around 9 a.m., Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice. "Instead of stopping, he took off at a high rate of speed," O'Connor said. Backup officers headed to the scene as the chase was called off -- g…

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