Vehicle clocked doing 161 km/h on Oakville highway, driver charged, loses licence

Published April 22, 2024 at 7:51 pm

A vehicle was clocked by the Burlington OPP doing 161 Km/h in the early morning hours of Sunday morning on the QEW in Oakville. OPP IMAGES

A driver pulled over on the Queen Elizabeth Way by Burlington OPP in the early morning hours of Sunday (Apr. 21) in Oakville has been charged and will be without his vehicle and licence for some time.

Burlington OPP said on the X platform the vehicle was clocked doing 161 Km/h on the QEW around 3 a.m. on Sunday morning.

161km/h – Stopped by #BurlingtonOPP #QEW/Oakville. Charged with #StuntDriving and given an automatic #30DayLicenceSuspension and #14DayVehicleImpound. #SlowDown
Sunday April 21, 3am. ^ks pic.twitter.com/mu04xe5stE

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) April 22, 2024

“Slow down,” the OPP said in the tweet on X.

The driver of the vehicle has been charged with stunt driving and faces an automatic 30-day suspension of his licence. The vehicle was also be impounded for 14 days.

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