An 18-year-old motorist police say was seen engaging in a street race on a Southern California freeway was arrested after failing to pull over and leading officers on a high-speed pursuit Monday night.
The officers saw the race on the 118 Freeway while conducting traffic enforcement near a known car meet-up location around 10:15 p.m., the Simi Valley Police Department stated in a news release.
The pursuit began when an officer tried to stop one of the racing vehicles near Rocky Peak Road, but the driver “accelerated to speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour,” police said…