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WSP pursuit video
WSP pursuit video
EVERETT, Wash. -- Washington State Patrol troopers released video Friday of a 4th of July pursuit of a motorcycle through Snohomish County that reached speeds of up to 147 mph.
Troopers used the video as an example of what it means when you see the signs indicating speed is “patrolled by aircraft.”
The aerial video shows the pursuit in the area of Interstate 5 and Highway 529 in Snohomish County.
A trooper first clocked the motorcyclist going 82 mph in a 60 mph speed zone on northbound I-5 near the Boeing exit. The driver failed to stop, so the trooper called the WSP Aviation Unit which was already monitoring traffic from their Cessna aircraft.
Video shows the rider jump off of the motorcycle at a home where troopers quickly arrived and arrested him.
Nobody was hurt.
Everett police assisted WSP.
Last year, WSP contacted 380, 296 drivers for speed violations in 2016. Troopers said they wrote 233,527 citations and issued 1,452 written warnings. More than 145,000 drivers also received verbal warnings.
Watch the full video below: