sqlite-net-pcl crashes on synchronous init

Question

I created a class for managing the SQLite database in my MAUI app. I have an async method to initialize it:

public static async Task InitializeDatabase()
{
    _dbPath = Path.Combine(FileSystem.AppDataDirectory, DB_NAME);
    _connection = new SQLiteAsyncConnection(_dbPath, _openFlags);

    try
    {
        var docTableResult = await _connection.CreateTableAsync<Document>();
        var itemTableResult = await _connection.CreateTableAsync<DocumentItem>();
        var articleTableResult = await _connection.CreateTableAsync<Article>();
    }
    catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); }
}

I'm calling this method from MauiProgram, after registering my services. When I call it by creating a new task, it runs fine:

Task.Run(async () => await SQLiteService.InitializeDatabase());

But if I call it synchronously, it crashes on the line where it creates the first table (Document) and shows no error.

SQLiteService.InitializeDatabase().GetAwaiter().GetResult();

Why does it crash?