156-mph, No Headlights: Driver Escapes WSP
This is unbelievable, and dangerous at the same time. A speeding motorist escaped Washington State Patrol traveling an extreme rate of speed.
It Happened on New Year's Eve, Just Before 11 pm.
A trooper was pulled over on the shoulder of Southbound I-5 near South 188th Street, to look for the vehicle that was seen by another trooper traveling at an extremely high-rate of speed.
The Speeding Vehicle Flew Past the Trooper With NO Headlights at 156-mph!
The vehicle disappeared quickly into the fog, and was never found.
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