(Porter County, IN) - Two Illinois residents traveling over 100 miles per hour in an Interstate 94 construction zone in northwest Indiana were captured early Monday following a chase.

 

Confiscated after the pursuit was an altered rapid fire handgun along with more than $15,000 in cash, according to Indiana State Police.

 

Brandan Williams, 19, of Rockford was being held in the Porter County Jail on preliminary charges of Level 5 felony possession of a machine gun, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement and Class A misdemeanor reckless driving.

 

Marega Yussuf, 19, of Chicago was locked up on a preliminary charge of Level 5 felony possession of a machine gun.

 

Police said a trooper about 4 a.m. clocked their eastbound vehicle at 110 mph. in a construction zone between Portage and Lake Station.  The driver pulled over near Burns Harbor but, as the trooper approached on foot, the vehicle drove off at a high rate of speed.

 

A short distance later, the vehicle stopped again.  The trooper was walking up to the driver a second time when he took off one more time. 

 

Police said the driver traveling across all lanes of travel was struck by a semi-truck also traveling eastbound.  The men were taken into custody after the damaged fleeing vehicle came to rest at the Burns Harbor/Porter exit.

 

The semi driver was not injured.  Police said the confiscated handgun contained a switch turning it into a fully automatic weapon.