NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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BRACEBRIDGE – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were visible today during the Thanksgiving Long Weekend in efforts to reduce the number of road fatalities and injuries.
On Oct. 9, 2021 at 10:24 a.m. a uniform officer conducting speed enforcement on Highway 11 in the town of Bracebridge, stopped and charged a 19 year-old male from Mulmur Township for the speeding offence of 152 km/hr in a posted 100 km/hr zone.
During this time another Bracebridge OPP officer stopped a vehicle on Muskoka Road 169 in Muskoka Lakes. A young driver was stopped for the speeding offence of 154 km/hr in a posted 80 km/hr zone.
Both G2 drivers were charged under the Highway Traffic Act for Race a motor vehicle-Excessive Speed and Speeding of 50 km/hr over posted speed limit. Their driver's license is under a 30 day suspension and the vehicle impound for stunt driving is 14 days.
The OPP is reminding drivers to share our roads safely and keep themselves and their passengers safe so that everyone arrives at their destination.
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