A man is dead after a high-speed motorcycle crash on the southeast side

TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) – A man is dead after a high-speed motorcycle crash on the southeast side.

According to Tucson police, officers found a crashed motorcycle near the intersection of East Valencia Road and South Craycroft Road shortly after 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

While officers were investigating the abandoned motorcycle, a 911 call came in requesting a welfare check on 25-year-old Jacob Patrick Egan.

Egan was reportedly last seen riding his motorcycle in the area where the abandoned motorcycle was found.

Officers began searching the desert area north of Valencia Road and eventually found Egan at the bottom of a large embankment. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

From witness interviews and investigation, Tucson Police determined Egan was riding his motorcycle westbound on Valencia Road, west of Craycroft Road, when he struck the guardrail.

The impact threw him down the embankment several hundred metres from the original impact point. The motorcycle continued west on Valencia Road, where it was eventually found by police.

Based on the distance traveled by Egan and the motorcycle, investigators concluded that he may have been traveling at speeds in the triple digits.

According to police, Egan was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision and had the appropriate motorcycle authorization on his driver's license.

Investigators have cited high speed and failure to reduce or control speed to avoid a collision as contributing factors to the accident.

The investigation is still ongoing.