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ISP: Suspect fleeing at 120 mph thought they wanted to race

Indiana State Police say that troopers were sitting in a crossover near mile marker 96 on the Toll Road around 9:30pm when a red Mustang went flying past them, and their radar flashed more than 120 mph.

Two troopers began pursuit but when they caught up the driver didn’t stop; continuing to drive westbound at more than 100mph. The driver even managed to avoid stop sticks about half-way through the westbound chase.

Eventually he stopped near Mile Marker 71. After his arrest he told police that he thought they wanted to race.

The driver, 25 year old Musab Alhussein, is facing various resisting charges, reckless driving, and was given several moving violations.

The full release from ISP is below:

Elkhart County- Last night a Minneapolis, MN man found himself going to jail after failing to stop and leading Indiana State Troopers on a pursuit on the Indiana Toll Road.

Around 9:20 p.m., on April 22, 2020, Trooper Nikolos Anderson and Trooper Brett Adair were both sitting in a crossover near the 96 mile marker on the Indiana Toll Road when they observed a red Mustang travelling westbound at a high speed. A radar reading showed that the Mustang was travelling over 120 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone.

As both troopers caught up to the Mustang in their fully marked Indiana State Police cars, with lights and sirens on, the driver of the Mustang allegedly shut off his lights for a brief period of time. The Mustang continued westbound in excess of 100 miles per hour, with both troopers behind, refusing to stop.

As the pursuit continued westbound the driver of the Mustang was able to avoid Stop Sticks that an assisting trooper had set up near the 84 mile marker in St. Joseph County. The Mustang then continued westbound, purportedly turning off its lights at times.

As the pursuit approached the 72 mile marker Stop Sticks were again set up and were successful in deflating the tires on the Mustang. The Mustang came to a controlled stop on the right shoulder near the 71 mile marker.

The driver of the Mustang, identified as Musab Alhussein, age 25 of Minneapolis, MN, was reportedly slow to respond to troopers commands but was safely taken into custody. Alhussein told troopers he did not stop because he thought the troopers wanted to race.

Alhussein was preliminarily arrested for Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle, Resisting Law Enforcement, and Reckless Driving and also received several citations for moving violations. Alhussein was taken to the Elkhart County Jail.

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1 comment

Thor April 23, 2020 at 1:11 pm

No doubt another one of those Somali ‘refugees’ we need to bring here.

Also…that picture…a Mustang II? Really? That was the only picture you could find? Except for the last few years (which ended in 1978) where they offered a V8 I don’t think any of those cars could actually hit 120mph…and none of them had a chassis that would have been stable.

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