(COLLINGWOOD, ON) An officer from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) impounded a vehicle and charged a motorist for speeding at 50 km/h over the posted speed limit on Grey Road 19.
On February 4 2016 at approximately 11:30pm, an officer on patrols observed a speeding motor vehicle east bound on Grey Road 19 near Mountain Road. A radar reading confirmed the observation showing the vehicle was speeding at 140 km/h in a posted 60 km/h zone which led the officer to conduct a vehicle stop. The stop resulted in the 18 year-old driver from Collingwood being charged with race a motor vehicle under section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act, a 7 day driver’s licence suspension as well as the impoundment of the vehicle.
He is to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Collingwood on the 18th of March 2016.
150,000+ Wingham Free Press Regular Readers!
