Members of the EMPD High-Speed Unit recently arrested the 33-year-old male driver of a white Ford Escort after he was clocked at the breakneck speed of 210km/h.
The arrest took place at 7.45am on the N12 highway westbound between the Sam Green Bridge and the Germiston turn-off.
“The man gave conflicting reasons for his excessive speed,” said Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, spokesperson for the EMPD.
“At first he cited being late for work and later somersaulted and claimed he was being pursued by a suspicious white Mercedes Benz.”
He was detained at the Bedfordview Police Station and charged with reckless and negligent driving.
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At 9.10am on the same stretch of the highway, a 43-year-old male rider of a silver Triumph motorcycle was arrested when was caught doing 185km/h.
He claimed that he was rushing to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital to visit a sick child.
The man was also detained at the Bedfordview Police Station on a charge of reckless and negligent driving.
Both men were released on a bail of R1 000 each and were due to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court.
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