High-speed motorcycle chase in Merced County leads to 2 arrests

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two motorcyclists who led officers connected a high-speed pursuit crossed 3 counties person been arrested, according to CHP.

Officers accidental they spotted 2 motorcycles connected Saturday astatine astir 11 p.m. speeding good implicit the posted 45-mile-per-hour bounds connected Winton Way successful Merced County. The patrol says the motorcyclists reached speeds of up to 126 miles per hour.

When the riders failed to stop, CHP says they pursued them astatine precocious speeds connected Highway 99, reaching up to 140 miles per hour.

Officers accidental the archetypal motorcyclist was arrested astatine a state presumption successful Modesto successful Stanislaus County; the different was apprehended further northbound successful Ripon successful San Joaquin County. The motorcycles being ridden were a Honda CBR 1000 and a Yamaha R6.

Investigators study nary injuries oregon harm to property.