Motorcyclists going 130 mph lead police on 50 mile chase on I-5

EUGENE, Ore. - One motorcyclist fled from police at speeds over 130 mph before pulling over.

The other sped off at 150 mph and got away - but not for long: police have identified the motorcyclist and said the investigation remains open.

The two men were returning to Washington state Sunday night from a motorcycle rally in southern California, Oregon State Police said.

A state trooper spotted the men speeding north on I-5 near Cottage Grove just before 11 p.m. Another trooper clocked them at 100 mph and attempted to stop them for speeding, but the motorcyclists sped up.

The trooper terminated the chase due to traffic and public safety concerns in the Eugene/Springfield area.

North of Eugene, Trooper Evan Sether spotted a motorcycle doing 90 mph in a 60 mph zone. The trooper tried to pull the rider over only to have the rider speed away at over 130 mph.

Trooper Clay Core was driving up from behind to assist Sether when a second motorcyclist passed him at an estimated 150 mph. He tried to stop the rider but lost site of the motorcycle near Coburg.

The other rider eventually yielded to Trooper Sether near milepost 219, almost 50 miles from the initial attempt to stop the riders near Cottage Grove.

Troopers took the rider, Timothy Scott Wielier, 28, of Des Moine, Wash., into custody and lodged him at the Linn County Jail on charges of felony attempt to elude, reckless driving and reckless endangering.