Memphis police investigating drag racing on I-240

By , Daily Memphian Published: January 04, 2021 2:31 PM CT
<strong>Muscle cars pass by the lights on Beale Street while cruising B.B. King Boulevard in Downtown Memphis on May 9, 2020. Memphis police are investigating a Jan. 2 drag racing incident on Interstate 240 near Walnut Grove.</strong>&nbsp;(Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

Muscle cars pass by the lights on Beale Street while cruising B.B. King Boulevard in Downtown Memphis on May 9, 2020. Memphis police are investigating a Jan. 2 drag racing incident on Interstate 240 near Walnut Grove. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

Video showed several cars doing donuts in traffic on Interstate 240. Memphis police said they will not “tolerate criminal acts like this.”

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Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

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