A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Clearwater on Friday morning.

According to reports, 22-year-old Corey Thomas Hunt was driving a motorcycle eastbound on Belleair Road at a high rate of speed east of Belcher Road when he collided with a 2001 Buick Century, driven by 78-year-old Paul Petervary, which was pulling out of a driveway.

Hunt was ejected from the motorcycle, and died at the scene.

Prior to the crash, Hunt was fleeing an earlier attempted/dicontinued traffic stop by a Clearwater police officer.