AURORA, Neb. (AP) - Two Lincoln men were arrested after a chase that reached 125 mph on Interstate 80, the Nebraska Highway Patrol said.
The pursuit began when a trooper stopped a speeding eastbound vehicle near Aurora. The car sped off when the trooper approached and the car reached 125 mph as it headed east, patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said.
A second trooper deployed stop strips near York and the car eventually stopped after hitting construction cones, a guard rail and the back of a semi-trailer truck, The Lincoln Journal-Star reporte d.
Thomas said troopers found about 22 pounds of marijuana and more than $4,000 in cash in the car.
The two men were booked into the Hamilton County Jail on various traffic and drug charges.
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