Two men were arrested for racing at outrageous speeds in their dad’s car on a Florida highway over the weekend, according to police.
Luis Alejandro Lozano-Figueroa, 20, and Mario Alberto Paz-Gil, 23, were clocked going 199 miles per hour (about 130 miles per hour over the 70 mph speed limit on a highway bordering a neighborhood residential and an elementary school) in a red 2016 Chevrolet Camaro before police caught up with them.
The duo was taken into custody around 1 a.m. Saturday after nearby residents called police to report a pair of cars that appeared to be racing on the streets nearby, according to an arrest affidavit from the County Sheriff’s Office. from Orange.
A responding officer stopped behind the Camaro and another black car while they waited at a light, then when the light turned green they took off.
“The two vehicles began to race accelerating speeds from a point next to each other in a competitive attempt to distance themselves from each other in order to compare the relative speeds or acceleration power of their motor vehicles within a certain distance or time. “says the report. read.
Luis Alejandro Lozano-Figueroa, 20, and Mario Alberto Paz-Gil, 23, were arrested around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Lozano-Figueroa was behind the wheel of the Camaro going nearly 200 mph, while Paz-Gil was riding in the passenger seat.
They were charged with running on a highway and booked into the Osceola County Jail, where Lozano-Figueroa is being held on $5,000 bail.
A third person, a minor, was also in the car, but he was handed over to his parents after the arrest.
The Camaro was registered to Lozano-Figueroa’s father.
While searching the car, police located a video camera and mount on the rear window that they said Lozano-Figueroa used to film and post videos to his Instagram account.
“These two young men quickly discovered what happens when you participate in illegal and dangerous street racing in Orange County,” police said in a post on X.
“We have ZERO TOLERANCE for street racing here in Orange County.”
Police were unable to provide information about what happened to the second car involved in the race.
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