Photo courtesy of the Sarnia Police Service via Facebook. Photo courtesy of the Sarnia Police Service via Facebook.
Sarnia

Driver nabbed doing almost triple the speed limit

An alleged speeder was pulled off the road early Friday morning by Sarnia police.

An officer conducting traffic enforcement in the area of Michigan Avenue and Rapids Parkway spotted a car travelling at a high rate of speed in a residential neighbourhood.

Police said the radar unit indicated the car was going 144 kilometres an hour in a posted 50 km/h zone.

The 20-year-old male driver has been charged with stunt driving and his licence was suspended for 30 days.

The vehicle was also impounded for two weeks.

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