{"id":58385,"date":"2023-01-09T11:22:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T16:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=58385"},"modified":"2023-01-09T11:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T16:22:29","slug":"algoma-opp-driver-charged-after-speeding-more-than-150km-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/algoma-opp-driver-charged-after-speeding-more-than-150km-h\/","title":{"rendered":"Algoma OPP &#8211; Driver charged after speeding more than 150km\/h"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/>On January 8, 2023, shortly after 4:00 p.m., members from the Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to several traffic complaints of a pick-up truck travelling at a high rate of speed and forcing oncoming traffic to the shoulder on Highway 17 east of the Town of Bruce Mines.<\/p>\n<p>A short time later, police observed the pick-up truck on Highway 17 west of the Town of Thessalon travelling at a speed of more than 150 km\/hr and a traffic stop was initiated near Dominion Park Drive within the Municipality of Huron Shores.<\/p>\n<p>As result, a 45-year-old from Elliot Lake, was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive Motor Vehicle-Perform Stunt-Excessive Speed, contrary to section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act<\/li>\n<li>Drive Vehicle or Boat with Cannabis Readily Available, contrary to section 12(1) Cannabis Control Act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sault Ste Marie on February 8, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 8, 2023, shortly after 4:00 p.m., members from the Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to several traffic complaints of a pick-up truck travelling at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 09:18:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58386,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58385\/revisions\/58386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}