NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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When members of the Ontario Provincial Police Central Region SAVE Team are not on our trails or waterways, they will often work on our provincial roadways to promote safe and responsible diving.
On Wednesday, Sept. 14, at approximately 3:45 p.m., while conducting speed enforcement on Highway 400 in Oro-Medonte Township, the Central Region SAVE team officer observed a vehicle travelling 151 km/h in a posed 100 km/h zone and conducted a traffic stop.
The officer further noticed signs of impairment from the driver. The driver was arrested at the scene and subsequently registered three times the legal limit of alcohol.
A 32-year-old individual from Tay Township has been charged with operation while impaired, operation while impaired (blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus), drive motor vehicle (perform stunt, excessive speed), drive while under suspension, and driving motor vehicle with unsealed container of liquor.
The individual will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Orillia on the 4th of October.
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