NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH - On Sept. 26, 2021, at approximately 5:30 p.m., a member of the West Region Traffic Support Unit of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was monitoring traffic on Highway 89, east of Mount Forest.
The officer observed a blue pick-up truck travelling above the posted 80 km/h speed limit. The vehicle was locked on radar in excess of 150 km/h.
As a result, Jack Thomas Dupont, 18 years old of Collingwood has been charged with Racing a Motor Vehicle contrary to the Highway Traffic Act and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario court of justice - Guelph.
The defendant's drivers licence was seized for a period of 30 days and the vehicle was seized for 14 days as per statute.
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