FRANKLIN, Ky. – A man is charged with racing a vehicle on a public highway in Simpson County.

According to a uniform citation, the Kentucky State Police says it observed two vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed on Tuesday on Interstate 65 in Simpson County.

KSP says a radar confirmed the vehicles reached a speed of 118 miles per hour in a 70 mph zone.

The citation states 19-year-old Angel Cruz-Rodriguez, a driver of one of the vehicles, passed a trooper while Cruz-Rodriguez was going 93 mph.

According to the citation, the trooper pulled his cruiser out to catch up to the vehicle operated by Cruz-Rodriguez and observed that the vehicle did not have its lights on.

Cruz-Rodriguez then pulled off of the interstate into Sudden Service Gas Station in Franklin, authorities say.

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