(La Porte, IN) - Police cited one of two drivers traveling 100 miles per hour in a construction zone on a stretch of U.S. 20 near Rolling Prairie yesterday.

 

According to La Porte County Police, an officer about 2:30 p.m. observed a Chevy Silverado and pick-up truck beside each other doing more than twice the 45 mph. work zone speed limit.

 

During a traffic stop, the owner and passenger of the Silverado told the officer the other driver was “taunting and egging them on for about the past mile and a half.”

 

So, he told the woman driving his vehicle to “get into it.”

 

Ember Edwards, 20, who lives in Michigan was allowed to go but not until cited for reckless driving and given a court date to appear on the Class C misdemeanor charge.