|
LaGrange County-During the early morning hours of March 7, 2018, a Windsor,
New York man found himself going to jail on reckless driving charges following
a traffic stop by an Indiana State Trooper on the Indiana Toll Road.
Around 1:48 a.m. Trooper Matthew Drudge was sitting in the center median
near the 112 mile marker observing traffic.
This is approximately 9 miles west of the Howe/LaGrange exit. Drudge purportedly saw a white Chevrolet
Malibu approaching eastbound at a very high rate of speed. Drudge received a reading of 120 miles per
hour on his radar. The speed limit on
the Indiana Toll Road is 70 miles per hour.
Drudge pulled out of the center median and began to catch up to the speeding Chevrolet. As he was catching up to the Chevrolet, he saw it
follow too closely at times and make quick lane changes without a turn
signal.
Drudge then paced the Chevrolet at 135 miles per hour, almost twice the speed limit. Drudge then stopped the Chevrolet near the 122 mile marker.
The driver, identified as Kevin Fisher, age 33 of Windsor, New York, was
arrested on a preliminary charge of Reckless Driving, C-Misdemeanor, and taken
to the LaGrange County Jail.
*All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
BOHNER
-30-
|
