LINCOLN, Neb. -- A Lincoln motorcyclist is dead after fleeing multiple traffic stop attempts on Friday.

The Nebraska State Patrol said a trooper saw a motorcycle that had no license plates on O St. In east Lincoln at 9:20 p.m. The trooper tried to do a traffic stop near 48th St. but the driver reportedly refused to stop and drove away at a high rate of speed. The trooper did not start a pursuit.

Officials said the NSP Aviation Support Division was  tracking tracking the motorcycle. Pilots reportedly saw the driver splitting lanes between other vehicles. The helicopter tracked the man to downtown Lincoln and sent more troopers to the area.

According to authorities, troopers tried again to do a traffic stop in the Haymarket area at 10:00 p.m. but the driver refused by driving onto a sidewalk, almost hitting pedestrians, and fleeing again. The troopers did not pursue due to the amount of vehicles and people but the NSP helicopter was still in the air.

NSP said the helicopter saw the motorcyclist about 10 minutes later traveling northbound on Interstate 180. He was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed and splitting lanes between vehicles before it hit the rear of another vehicle and crashing before the Cornhusker Highway interchange.

Officers said troopers responded to the scene and tried to save the man before paramedics arrived but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was 25-year-old Hadeer Ali of Lincoln.

NSP has asked the Lincoln Police Department to conduct the crash investigation.