A late-night street race on Florida’s Interstate 75 took a dangerous turn when state troopers discovered two young toddlers strapped into the back seat of one of the racing vehicles. The incident, which occurred just after midnight on Sept. 5, has led to multiple arrests and felony child neglect charges.
According to Guessing Headlights and official reports from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), state troopers were patrolling a stretch of northbound Interstate 75 in Manatee County at approximately 12:04 a.m. when they observed a Dodge Charger and a Dodge Challenger traveling in tandem at speeds reaching 100 mph.
Troopers tracking the vehicles observed both high-performance sports cars abruptly slow down to about 50 mph. At that point, the front-seat passenger of the Dodge Charger leaned completely out of the window and used their arm to signal a “3, 2, 1” countdown to begin a drag race.
The mother hasn’t been charged with child neglect
As soon as the physical countdown concluded, both cars accelerated rapidly side by side, reaching a dangerously excessive speed of 120 mph. Recognizing the immediate threat to public safety, highway patrol units quickly activated their sirens, pursued the vehicles and successfully initiated a high-speed traffic stop…