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FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP-- A 22-year-old Cincinnati motorcyclist leaving Detroit told police he sped through the cordoned-off worker area of an I-75 construction zone at 120 m.p.h. because he was worried about getting a ticket.
Joshua Henderson was driving 70 m.p.h. in the regular lanes of a 45 m.p.h. construction zone just south of the I-275 interchange in Frenchtown Township Thursday afternoon, Michigan State Police Trooper Stephen Borello said. He sped up to more than 120 m.p.h. when Borello tried to pull him over.
No one in the construction zone was injured during 15 seconds Henderson veered off and drove through a mile-long section where workers were repairing the road. But a South Rockwood Police officer trying to join the chase as exited the highway onto South Huron Drive hit his head and hurt his neck when he crashed into a ditch.
Henderson, who was charged in 1st District Court in Monroe this morning with felony fleeing and eluding charges, finally pulled over in Berlin Township.
He told investigators he was an accounting student visiting Detroit for a job fair, and he was worried about the repercussions of getting a ticket in a construction zone, Borello said. He didn’t have any other traffic tickets on his record, Borello added.
FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP-- A 22-year-old Cincinnati motorcyclist leaving Detroit told police he sped through the cordoned-off worker area of an I-75 construction zone at 120 m.p.h. because he was worried about getting a ticket.
Joshua Henderson was driving 70 m.p.h. in the regular lanes of a 45 m.p.h. construction zone just south of the I-275 interchange in Frenchtown Township Thursday afternoon, Michigan State Police Trooper Stephen Borello said. He sped up to more than 120 m.p.h. when Borello tried to pull him over.
No one in the construction zone was injured during 15 seconds Henderson veered off and drove through a mile-long section where workers were repairing the road. But a South Rockwood Police officer trying to join the chase as exited the highway onto South Huron Drive hit his head and hurt his neck when he crashed into a ditch.
Henderson, who was charged in 1st District Court in Monroe this morning with felony fleeing and eluding charges, finally pulled over in Berlin Township.
He told investigators he was an accounting student visiting Detroit for a job fair, and he was worried about the repercussions of getting a ticket in a construction zone, Borello said. He didn’t have any other traffic tickets on his record, Borello added.
