NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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COCHRANE - On May 11, 2021 at approximately 10:31 p.m. members of the James Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting stationary radar on Highway 11, Hanna Township and observed a motor vehicle that appeared to by driving at a high rate of speed. The motor vehicle was stopped for travelling 147 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone.
As a result of the investigation, a 19-year-old person from Cochrane was charged with:
• Adult race a motor vehicle - stunt, contrary to section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act
The driver was issued a seven day Driver's Licence Suspension, his vehicle was impounded for seven days and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on June 29, 2021 in Cochrane.
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