NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On March 21, 2021 at approximately 9:44 a.m., members of the James Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police 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 108 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone.
As a result of the investigation, a 53-year-old person from Peterborough 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 April 27, 2021 in Kapuskasing.
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