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22 Year Old From Bluevale Caught Going 60 Over Speed Limit

(MORRIS-TURNBERRY, ON) – A driver from the Belgrave area has had his driver’s licence suspended for 30 days and his vehicle has been impounded for two weeks following a traffic stop that took place earlier this week.

On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at approximately 10:16 p.m. a Huron County OPP officer was patrolling on Harriston Road when the officer observed an automobile travelling at a high rate of speed. A RADAR device was utilized to measure the speed of the vehicle and the vehicles speed was recorded at a speed in excess of 60 kilometers over the 90 km/h speed limit. 

A traffic stop was conducted and the driver was subsequently charged. Andrew WIEGERSMA, 22 years of age from Bluevale has been charged with Race a Motor Vehicle – Excessive Speed. The defendant will have to attend Provincial Offences Act Court later this fall to answer to the charge.

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