A younger learner driver in Naples, Florida has been arrested and charged for main police on a high-speed chase the place he stated he felt like he was in Grand Theft Auto.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Workplace clocked a 22-year-old driving a Nissan SUV at 117 mph (188 km/h) in a 70 mph (113 km/h) zone on Interstate 75 close to Pine Ridge Street final Wednesday morning at round 12:15 a.m. Police instantly gave chase however say that the driving force ignored their lights and sirens and accelerated to over 120 mph (193 km/h).

The chase continued as he left the freeway on the Immokalee Street exit earlier than continuing to blast by a crimson gentle and driving over an space of grass close to Northbrooke Plaza Drive. He then got here to a cease on the entrance to the Cypress Hint Neighborhood the place he was swiftly arrested.

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Native authorities have hit the 22-year-old with a felony cost of fleeing with eluding and in addition cited him for dashing and driving allow violations.

Whereas being transported to the Collier County Jail by police, the person instructed a police deputy that he felt as if he was in Grand Theft Auto through the chase. Police didn’t take too kindly to this excuse.

“This may need felt like a recreation to this particular person, however in actuality he put the lives of different motorists and our deputies in danger together with his reckless driving and extreme velocity,” Sheriff Kevin Rambosk stated in a social media submit. “He’ll now be held accountable for his actions.”