LEHI, Utah — A 19-year-old from South Jordan is facing charges of reckless driving and failure to respond to an officer's signal to stop after he was allegedly caught speeding over 100 miles per hour.
Dax Christensen was arrested Thursday.
Just before 1 a.m., an officer at a gas station near 2000 North 1200 West observed a blue Corvette driven by Christensen traveling north on 1200 West at a high rate of speed with no lights.
The officer attempted to pull over the Corvette but was unable to catch up once the car went onto Timpanogos Highway. At one point, the officer said he was traveling at 103 miles per hour chasing Christensen, whose Corvette still pulled away.
The officer lost sight of Christensen and called off the chase, alerting neighboring departments of the vehicle.
At around the same time, a Lehi officer saw Christensen driving on Timpanogos Highway and was able complete the traffic stop.
Christensen told officers that he was at a car show in Lehi and was going to Smith's to get food when he got lost in the Texas Instruments business area.
While at the traffic stop, dispatchers contacted by security guards from the Texas Instruments building were told a Corvette had sped through the gates of the business at over 90 miles per hour.
