Driver arrested for nearly doubling freeway speed limit

A man recorded going 136 mph on I-15 was arrested early Sunday in Utah County, according to the the Utah Highway Patrol.

A man recorded going 136 mph on I-15 was arrested early Sunday in Utah County, according to the the Utah Highway Patrol. (Alex Schmidt, Shutterstock)


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LEHI — A 20-year-old man was arrested early Sunday for nearly doubling the speed limit on I-15, according to police.

The Lehi man was arrested at about 2:30 a.m. for investigation of reckless driving and exhibition driving on the highway.

A Utah Highway Patrol trooper was sitting in his patrol car on southbound I-15 in Utah County running radar when an Audi S6 with no license plate passed him going 136 mph in a 70-mph zone, according to a police booking affidavit.

"I activated my emergency lights and siren, then initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle," the trooper wrote in the affidavit.

The vehicle was pulled over in Lehi and the driver was arrested.

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