Troopers say a 32-year-old St. Petersburg man turned the Howard Frankland Bridge into his personal racetrack early Saturday, hitting 101 mph southbound before a high-speed chase spilled into city streets and ended with a patrol car slamming into his SUV.
The pursuit came to a halt near 55th Avenue North and 16th Street North in St. Petersburg, where a Florida Highway Patrol trooper struck the suspect’s vehicle to force it to stop. The driver was taken into custody at the scene and booked into the Pinellas County Jail.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, as reported by FOX 13 Tampa Bay, troopers identified the driver as 32-year-old Deandre Bradford of St. Petersburg. FHP says Bradford accelerated past 100 mph in a 65-mph zone after a trooper tried to pull him over on the bridge…