NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KAPUSKASING - On April 18, 2021 at approximately 10:43 a.m. members of the James Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting stationary radar when they observed a motor vehicle that appeared to by driving at a high rate of speed.
The motor vehicle was stopped for travelling 110 kilometres per hour (km/h) in a posted 50km/h zone.
As a result of the investigation, a 23-year-old person from Mazerolle Settlement NB, was charged with:
- Adult race a motor vehicle - excessive speed, contrary to section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA).
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 July 27, 2021 in Kapuskasing.
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