CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2014 <\/p>\n
A Flour Bluff ISD school board member was arrested this weekend and accused of racing another vehicle at speeds topping 100 mph on State Highway 44.<\/p>\n
According to the arrest affidavit obtained by KRIS 6 News, 48-year-old David Gerlach may have been traveling more than 100 mph on State Highway 44.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, just after noon, a trooper was parked along the highway and saw a Ford Mustang racing someone in a Corvette.<\/p>\n
The trooper said the vehicles were traveling over 100 mph in a 70 mph speed limit zone.
The trooper tried to pull over both vehicles on Highway 44 near FM 1694, but the Corvette took off.<\/p>\n
The trooper arrested Gerlach and charged him with racing on the highway and carrying an unlawful weapon because he had a handgun in his belt.<\/p>\n
Gerlach was released from the Nueces County Jail on $1,000 bond.<\/p>\n
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