In Portland, Oregon, street racing is becoming a serious problem. The Pacific Northwest city is taking measures to prevent street takeovers, as high speeds present many dangers to residents, passengers, and pedestrians.

Last year, Ivan Stavitskiy and his brother Andrey were caught on camera driving a 2024 Ford Mustang on North Main Drive in the middle of the night. People driving in Portland at those hours isn’t unusual—except the brothers were traveling at almost 100 mph over the normal speed limit.

They wouldn’t have been caught if it weren’t for the nearly deadly crash that followed, which was also caught on security cameras. Both Ivan and Andrey were taken to the hospital, where they were treated for serious injuries.

The crash killed neither one—something prosecutors called miraculous.

“If you look up how fast a Boeing 737 has to go to take off, it’s between 145 and 155 miles per hour,” Branden Meadows, Deputy District Attorney for Multnomah County, told KPTV. “If you would’ve put wings on that vehicle, it probably would’ve taken off.”

Police found out the brother’s speed via the airbags

Long after the two had healed and moved on, police were able to analyze the vehicle’s speed data by looking at the airbag’s module data. Investigators discovered the brothers were traveling at 141.9 mph just before the crash occurred.

Andrey suffered a brain bleed after the crash, prompting prosecutors to charge Ivan with second-degree assault.

Ivan hasn’t been taken into custody just yet, but he’s scheduled to be sentenced on March 17. Multnomah County officials told the outlet his minimum sentence would be 70 months in jail.

According to the District Attorney’s office, it took jurors less than an hour to decide Ivan’s fate.

Investigators said the brother’s speed shattered previous records

Chase Fullington, the lead investigator and collision deconstructionist with the Portland Police Bureau, said it was the fastest “street racing” speed he’s ever seen.

“I’ve investigated over 100 fatal crashes, many of them on Marine Drive… This is a Traffic Investigation Unit’s high speed for an airbag traffic control module,” he told the outlet. “Definitely not a good record to be setting.”

He remarked it was a miracle both men survived a crash that intense at those speeds, too.

Viewers were equally as shocked

Many of the outlet’s viewers were glad he was prosecuted for traveling so quickly and risking his brother’s life.

“This dude should never be allowed to have a driver’s license ever again,” wrote a viewer.

Others were impressed with the vehicle’s ability to withstand the crash.

“The amazing thing is surviving a 140 mph crash,” they wrote.

More viewers thought the sentence wasn’t harsh enough.

“70 months for wrecking his car and causing some property damage,” they wrote. “That’s not justice; that’s evil. Five and a half years is the minimum.”