CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral police say a high-speed chase started on Del Prado Boulevard North and ended more than two miles away off Northeast 16th Place with a super speeder arrest.
Police say the driver more than doubled the speed limit with his three-year-old in the backseat, and it all began with a case of road rage.
Watch to see what Cape Coral Police said about this super speeder arrest:
Cape Coral man arrested after 110 mph chase with toddler in back seat
Around 7:15 Friday night, an officer finally caught up to a white Ford F-150. Police say the driver, 26-year-old Troy David Goss Jr., was clocked at 110 miles an hour in a 50 zone, speeding down Del Prado with another vehicle.
An officer said he spotted the two car and tried to pull them over. But police say the drivers kept going until the officer finally caught up and arrested Goss two miles away, where he made a startling discovery.
Cape Coral Police Department
Goss walking out of truck with hands up
“Our officer was very frustrated when he found a three year old in the back seat. That is just something that goes to another level beyond a road rage incident. You’re not only putting your life at risk, you’re putting a child’s life in danger,” said Cape Coral Police spokesperson Mercedes Simonds.
Goss is now facing charges of child neglect and reckless driving at excessive speeds. Police say the other driver got away and hasn’t been identified.
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Officer Mercedes Simonds
“We see a lot of these situations escalate further and further. Luckily in this case there wasn’t a loss of life, but if our officer didn’t intervene, there could have been,” Simonds said.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Cape Coral Police report a man is charged after a road rage incident put a child’s life at risk.
Officers said on September 19, around 7:15 p.m., a Cape Coral Police officer was conducting speed enforcement in the 3500 block of Del Prado Boulevard North when he saw two drivers speeding, at what looked to be more than 100 mph in a 50 mph zone.
Radar then confirmed the vehicles were going 110 mph, police said.
The officer activated his emergency lights and sirens and crossed the median to initiate a traffic stop. Due to one of the truck’s excessive speed, the officer was unable to catch up until the 2300 block of Del Prado Boulevard North, police said. The truck eventually pulled into a neighborhood and stopped though, near the 1800 block of NE 16th Place.
The driver, 26-year-old Troy Goss Jr., got out of the truck with his hands raised and was detained without incident, the department said.
Police reported a passenger and a three-year-old child were also in the vehicle.
Goss told officers he had been involved in a road rage incident with the second vehicle. A family member was called to take custody of the child.
Goss was arrested for speeding and child neglect.
The Cape Coral Police Department reminds drivers that, as of July 1, 2025, anyone exceeding the speed limit by 50 mph or more—or driving 100 mph or more in a reckless manner—commits “dangerous excessive speeding,” which carries a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail.