Mishawaka Police have identified a man who died in an accident on Grape Road Tuesday night.

Authorities said Nicholas Bernardi, 21, of South Bend, was driving a motorcycle in the 4600 block of Grape Road about 8:15 p.m. when a car driven by 17-year-old Shawna Fisher, also of South Bend, pulled out of the Outback Steakhouse parking lot and collided with the southbound Bernardi.

Bernardi was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, his fiancee Dawn Price, 36, of South Bend, was taken to Memorial Hospital with serious injuries after she was thrown 115 feet from the bike.

Fisher sustained minor injuries as a result of the accident.

Police told WSBT News Wednesday that Bernardi may have been traveling between 80-100 mph at the time of the crash. They are investigating the possibility that he was racing two other motorcycles.

Police say they do not believe Bernardi knew the drivers of the other motorcycles, and they fled the scene at the time of the accident.

“We want to talk to them,” Spencer told the Tribune.

Hundreds of people filed out of Grape Road businesses and watched as police worked the scene. All four lanes of Grape between Day Road and Edison Lakes Parkway were closed for more than two hours.

Andrew Teeter was in the Outback parking lot when he heard engines revving. He saw the motorcycle go 20 feet in the air, he said.

Authorities are asking any witnesses to call Capt. Tim Spencer at (574) 259-2966 if they have not yet spoken with police.