A Winter Garden man discovered the hard way that Interstate 4 is not a racetrack early Saturday morning. Deputies ended a dangerous high-speed race near Lake Alfred shortly after midnight on January 24, 2026.
It happened around 12:47 a.m.
An officer with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office saw a group of cars tearing down the eastbound lanes of the highway. According to the complaint, the automobiles seemed to be racing near mile marker 54.
A deputy caught up with one of the automobiles involved, a blue 2021 Volkswagen GTI. The radar indicated that the automobile was moving at 126 mph. The speed limit in that zone is only 70 mph.
The deputy stopped the automobile and identified the driver as 21-year-old Christopher Dimitrov. The traffic stop quickly became a journey to jail.
Dimitrov was detained and sent to the Sheriff’s Processing Center. He is now facing several allegations, including street racing, reckless driving, and dangerous excessive speeding.
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