ACW Dick Nearly Causes Head On Collision – Pickup Truck Impounded

(BLUEWATER, ON) – A 47-year-old driver from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh has been charged with Racing following a near miss head-on collision yesterday afternoon south of Bayfield. Just before 2:30 p.m. a Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer observed the driver of a Ford F-150 travelling northbound on Bluewater Veteran’s Highway near Blue Bluff Road at a high rate of speed.

The officer, travelling in the same direction as the Ford watched as the driver entered into the oncoming lane to pass a string of three vehicles. The pickup truck accelerated to a speed of 132 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone to complete the pass of the vehicles. The dangerous pass forced a southbound vehicle into taking evasive action in order to avoid a head-on collision. The speed of the pickup truck was measured by a RADAR device.

Richard IRELAND, 47 years of age from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh has been charged with Race a Motor Vehicle. His licence has been suspended for seven days and his pickup truck has been impounded for the week. He has a court appearance scheduled for September 1, 2015 at Provincial Offences Act Court in Goderich.

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