{"id":5804,"date":"2026-06-17T05:27:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/love-island-superfan-caught-speeding-100mph-in-race-to-get-home-to-watch-show\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T05:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:27:43","slug":"love-island-superfan-caught-speeding-100mph-in-race-to-get-home-to-watch-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/love-island-superfan-caught-speeding-100mph-in-race-to-get-home-to-watch-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island superfan caught speeding 100mph in race to get home to watch show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_153f7e\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">&#8216;Preeeeeviously&#8230;.. she got caught absolutely flooring it, pied off the speed limit completely, and got pulled right over by police. Talk about an awkward chat&#8230;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<p><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_153f7e\">Rachel Vickers-Price<\/strong> UK and World News Reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37306423\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tonight... on Love Island Arizona, one major superfan takes &quot;bumping up the gears&quot; a bit too literally.\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37306423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_LEAD-PIC-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37306423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_LEAD-PIC-2.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37306423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_LEAD-PIC-2.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37306423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_LEAD-PIC-2.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Tonight... on Love Island Arizona, one major superfan takes &quot;bumping up the gears&quot; a bit too literally\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Tonight&#8230; on Love Island Arizona, one major superfan takes &#8220;bumping up the gears&#8221; a bit too literally<cite aria-label=\"Image: ITV\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: ITV)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One Love Island megafan has found herself in hot water with police, with officers pulling her for a chat along the roadside when she was caught mugging off the law. <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/police-carrying-out-undercover-sting-6087588\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The boys in blue<\/a> decided she\u2019d gone a bit too far, too soon. And do, the car has officially been dumped from the highway and sent straight to car jail. <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/love-island-halle-brown-bombshell-37304028\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The Love Island superfan<\/a> found herself in trouble with the law after police clocked her travelling at 100mph as she tried to race home to catch the latest episode of the fan-favourite reality show. <!-- -->Highway patrol troopers in Arizona in the US were left stunned when they heard the reason the unidentified woman was going 108 mph in a 65 mph zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She was apprehended on a state highway in Pinal County on June 9, Highway Patrol confirmed. The bizarre reason for her race home was shared by the Arizona Department of Safety Highway Patrol, with her arrest included in its \u201cSpeeding Saturday\u201d roundup on social media at the weekend. The Facebook post read: \u201cThe driver stated she was trying to get home fast to be able to watch the reality TV show Love Island.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It would seem she likely missed the episode, with the social media post revealing she was arrested and booked for criminal speed and reckless driving. State troopers also sent her vehicle was sent to \u201ccar jail\u201d for 20 days.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37270603\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37270603\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37270603.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Love-Island-TV-Show-Villa-Series-13-Mallorca-25-May-2026.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37270603.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Love-Island-TV-Show-Villa-Series-13-Mallorca-25-May-2026.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37270603.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Love-Island-TV-Show-Villa-Series-13-Mallorca-25-May-2026.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37270603.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Love-Island-TV-Show-Villa-Series-13-Mallorca-25-May-2026.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The Love Island villa\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The Love Island villa<cite aria-label=\"Image: Caleb Wissun-Bhide\/Shutterstock\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Caleb Wissun-Bhide\/Shutterstock)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But that wasn&#8217;t the only curveball in the same Saturday speeding round-up. Another unidentified driver was also caught in a race of his own, with the speeding motorist pulled over on his way to church. <!-- -->An Arizona state trooper caught the driver on the Maricopa Casa Grande Highway &#8211; going 93 mph in a 50 mph zone last Wednesday as he raced to get to a sermon on time. The addition to the social media roundup states: \u201cThe driver stated he was on his way from church and had known nothing about criminal speed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was arrested and booked for criminal speed and reckless driving and his car was given to the front seat passenger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/love-island-speeding-superfan-us-37306348\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Preeeeeviously&#8230;.. she got caught absolutely flooring it, pied off the speed limit completely, and got<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_LEAD-PIC-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}