Watch moment Skoda driver hits speeds of up to 150mph during police chase
This video shows the moment a Skoda driver hits speeds of up to 150mph during a police chase through Yorkshire.
Muhammad Khaliq Rasool was chased by police when he was spotted in the early hours of December 18, 2025, on the A19 on the outskirts of Thirsk doing 130mph on the 70mph limit road.
Officers attempted to pull him over close to the Exelby Service Station near Ingleby Arncliffe, but he continued to drive at 120mph.
The 22-year-old passed close to road workers and undertaking other vehicles - all at high speed in wet conditions.
His white Skoda Superb then hit speeds of 140mph as it passed into the Cleveland Police area at Crathorne, then doing 150mph on the A174 dual carriageway after going through red lights at the Parkway roundabout in Middlesbrough.
He then left the A174 at the A171 junction for Ormesby and Cargo Fleet at 110mph, travelling across a give-way without slowing.
He drove down Church Street but came to a dead end on Meadow Close and was blocked in by the police car.
Incredibly, he jumped into the front passenger seat - with his passenger climbing into the back - and told police he had not been driving the car. Both men were arrested at the scene.
CCTV footage found at the scene proved that it was Rasool who had been driving the Skoda and the other man was released without charge.
Rasool was arrested during a search in custody, was found to have 10 tablets of oxymetholone - a class C drug - in a blister pack that had not been prescribed to him.
Rasool, of Oxbridge Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, admitted failing to stop for the police, dangerous driving, driving without insurance, and possession of Class C drug oxymetholone when he appeared at Harrogate Magistrates’ Court on March 27.
On June 4, he was handed a suspended 30 week prison sentence, ordered to carry out 20 days of rehabilitation work and 100 days of unpaid work, told to pay £272 in court costs and was banned from driving for 36 months.
Sgt Keenen, from North Yorkshire Police, said: “The pursuit footage taken from the police car clearly demonstrates Rasool’s dangerous driving and complete disregard for the safety of himself, his passenger, other road users, and the pursuing police officers.
“He even tried to claim that he had not been behind the wheel by moving into the passenger seat seconds before he was arrested. Thanks to the nearby CCTV footage, it proved beyond any doubt that he was the driver.
“Quite rightly, Rasool has been banned from the roads for a considerable length of time.
“This case shows the determination of North Yorkshire Police to relentlessly pursue dangerous criminals who use our road networks. We operate beyond our borders and suspects can expect to be caught.”