An Oklahoma man involved in a double fatality crash of motorcycles in Joplin told police that he fled at a high speed because he lacked a license.

Colton F. Goddard, 18, of Welch, Oklahoma, entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday in Jasper County Circuit Court in Carthage on a felony count of resisting arrest and a misdemeanor charge of operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.

Goddard was one of two motorcyclists who fled at a high speed when a police officer tried to pull them over Saturday night at 10th and Main streets in downtown Joplin.

An affidavit filed with the charges states Goddard and his friend, Taran Morris, 20, sped northbound through the downtown at speeds of 80 mph or more before Morris collided with the motorcycle of Mark A. McGowen, 60, as the older man was pulling out of Casey’s convenience store lot in the 400 block of North Main Street.

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