NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On Sept. 3, 2017 at approximately 4 p.m., an officer from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 26 near Poplar Side Road when he observed an SUV travelling at a high rate of speed.
Upon activating the radar unit it was found that the vehicle was travelling at 118 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone, which led to the officer stopping the vehicle at Highway 26 near Robert Avenue.
As a result of the traffic stop, the 18-year-old male driver from Brampton was charged with Highway Traffic Act offences of speeding 50+ km/h over posted limit and race a motor vehicle - excessive speed. He is to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Collingwood on Oct. 20, 2017.
In addition, his vehicle was impounded for seven days and his licence was suspended for seven days as a result of the infractions.
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