NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KIRKLAND LAKE - On Feb. 17, 2020, a member of the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle that was travelling at a speed more than 140 kilometres per hour (km/h) in a posted 90 km/h zone on Highway 66 in McGarry Township, Ont.
As a result, the OPP have charged a 32-year-old driver from Kirkland Lake, Ont., with:
• Speeding by 50 or more kilometres per hour (km/h), contrary to section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA)
In addition to the charge, the driver was served a seven day driver's licence suspension along with a seven day vehicle impoundment.
The driver was released by way of summons and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on April 7, 2020, in Kirkland Lake.
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