(BANCROFT, ON) – During the morning hours of the 8th of October 2016, officers of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 62 in Hastings Highlands.
At that time, officers observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed, and clocked the vehicle in excess of fifty (50) km/h over the posted speed limit. Officers were able to stop the vehicle.
As a result of their investigation, Jonathan MacDONALD, 29 years of Carlow-Mayo was charged with Race a Motor Vehicle – Excessive Speed, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. The accused also had his driver licence seized and suspended for seven (7) days and the vehicle impounded for seven (7) days.
The accused is to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bancroft on the 1st of November, 2016.