DULUTH, Ga. - Two drivers were arrested after allegedly racing at 80 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone on Pleasant Hill Road, according to the Duluth Police Department.

What we know:

Officers say the incident occurred around 9:55 a.m. on May 26, when a Duluth officer using a speed-detection device observed two white vehicles speeding eastbound, side by side, on Pleasant Hill Road. The officer was able to confirm both vehicles were traveling at 80 mph—one at a distance of 1,100 feet and the other at 1,156 feet.

The officer initiated a traffic stop, and both vehicles pulled into the parking lot of a business at the corner of McClure Bridge Road.

The drivers were identified as Jonathan Mendez of Norcross and 19-year-old James Baltimore of Alpharetta.

Mendez, who was driving a Toyota Coro

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