(IGNACE, ON.) -On April 18, 2014, an officer from the Ignace Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol on Highway 17, when the officer observed an east bound motor vehicle travelling in excess of the posted speed limit, within the Township of Ignace. The officer activated the police vehicle’s emergency lights and sirens and the suspect vehicle would not stop.
Ignace officers continued to follow the vehicle and with the assistance of Thunder Bay and Upsala OPP Detachment officers, a spike belt was deployed bringing the suspect vehicle to a stop approximately 40 km East of Upsala on Highway 17.
The driver, Jean Guy Bergeron, 38 years of age, from Quebec has been charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Flight while Pursued by a Peace Officer contrary to the Criminal Code.
He is to appear in court in Sioux Lookout on April 22, 2014 to answer to the charges.