Wet pavement might have been a factor in a motorcycle crash that caused a brief but sizable traffic backup on Interstate 75 in Fayette County.

Lexington Police tell us someone lost control Friday evening and slid on the I-75 overpass over Winchester Road.

Police say the injuries were minor

A friend on another motorcycle told ABC 36 he thought part of the road was wet.

Wet pavement might have been a factor in a motorcycle crash that caused a brief but sizable traffic backup on Interstate 75 in Fayette County.

Lexington Police tell us someone lost control Friday evening and slid on the I-75 overpass over Winchester Road.

Police say the injuries were minor

A friend on another motorcycle told ABC 36 he thought part of the road was wet.

Wet pavement might have been a factor in a motorcycle crash that caused a brief but sizable traffic backup on Interstate 75 in Fayette County.

Lexington Police tell us someone lost control Friday evening and slid on the I-75 overpass over Winchester Road.

Police say the injuries were minor

A friend on another motorcycle told ABC 36 he thought part of the road was wet.

Updated: 3:35 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013 | Posted: 3:10 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013

Updated: 3:35 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013 | Posted: 3:10 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013

Updated: 3:35 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013 | Posted: 3:10 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013

TAMPA — A Tampa man died Thursday after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Brian Parilla Jr., 28, was driving north on the Interstate 75 entrance ramp from State Road 60 about 3 p.m. Thursday when his 2007 Suzuki motorcycle overturned, the FHP said. Parilla, whom authorities say was wearing his helmet, flew off the motorcycle and sustained serious injuries. He was flown to Tampa General Hospital, where he died. Alcohol does not appear to have been a factor, the FHP said.

A Stockbridge woman died Sunday night after crashing her motorcycle at around 8 p.m. on Interstate 75 in south Bibb County.

Takisha Pittman, 33, was traveling north with a group of motorcyclists who were approaching Sardis Church Road where a van with a flat tire had pulled off the far left lane in front of them, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

The lead motorcyclist had signaled to the rest of the group when Pittman lost control, hit the saddle bag of the motorcycle in front of her and went down.

She was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia where she was pronounced dead at 8:49 p.m.

Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 746-9441.

A fatal motorcycle accident is under investigation by the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

The accident happened on I-75 just south of Sardis Church Road around 8 p.m. Sunday night.

According to witnesses, a group of motorcyclists were traveling north on I-75 in the far left lane. The group was making a move to distance themselves from a van that had a flat tire.

In the process, 33-year-old Takisha Pittman of Stockbridge lost control of her motorcycle, hit the saddle bag of the motorcycle in front of hers, and then she and the motorcycle went down.

Pittman was transported to the Medical Center of Central Georgia where she was pronounced dead just before 9 p.m.

No one else was injured. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones stated that the next of kin has been notified.

Anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to contact the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-746-9441.

ALBANY, GA (WALB) -

A motorcyclist is in jail after a 2-county chase up I-75 ended with a crash Thursday.

Once it was over, deputies figured out why the guy was running. They say he was carrying large amounts of marijuana and a loaded gun.

Authorities say Around 10:30 am Flavio Joseph Linn was arrested after speeding at dangerously high speeds going North on Interstate 75.

Video from the Turner County deputy’s car dash shows where the chase began and where it ended.

Linn sped around other vehicles as the deputy pulls out to catch another driver.The motorcyclist then picks up speed and the chase begins.

“Funny thing about the entire incident, the deputy actually pulled out to stop another vehicle that was speeding and I guess, guilty conscience got the best of him and he took off,” said Sergeant First Class Garrett Five Ash.

Law Enforcement chased Linn on a Honda Motorcycle over 20 miles before crashing.

“I know he struck the back of one of the trooper’s cars and I think he was just trying to get out of the box in,” said Sheriff Andy Hester, Turner County Sheriff’s office.

After crashing into the trooper’s car, authorities say he came off of the motorcycle and