19-year-old driver caught going a staggering 132mph then blames it on being late for a job interview

A teenage driver was caught swerving through traffic on a Connecticut highway at a staggering 132 mph — blaming it on being late for a job interview, according to police who had to give up the chase.Azmir Djurkovic, 19, was clocked hitting the crazy speed in a family member’s Mercedes E300 on the I-91 south in Hartford just before 9 a.m.Wednesday, Connecticut State Police said.When a Trooper gave chase with lights and sirens, the speeding driver “failed to stop and accelerated away while making unsafe lane changes and weaving in and out of traffic,” police said.“Due to the hazard posed to the public, the Trooper terminated attempts to stop the eluding vehicle,” the department said.When police contacted the car’s owner, they told them the teen was behind the wheel — and Djurkovic told a Trooper who called that he “did not stop because he was late for a job interview.”It was unclear if he made the interview or landed the job.Djurkovic surrendered to police later that day and was charged with a slew of traffic offenses, including reckless driving, engaging police in a pursuit and reckless endangerment in the first degree.He was held on a $2,500 bond and will be arraigned in court on June 17th, records indicate....

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Publisher: New York Post

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