{"id":80033,"date":"2026-01-05T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80033"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:30:10","slug":"nipigon-opp-impaired-driver-travelling-157-in-a-90-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/nipigon-opp-impaired-driver-travelling-157-in-a-90-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipigon OPP &#8211; Impaired Driver Travelling 157 in a 90 charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><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\" \/><\/a>On January 3, 2026, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple reports of a vehicle driving aggressively at high speed on Highway 17.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was located and confirmed by RADAR to be travelling at 157 km\/h in a posted 90 km\/h zone. Further investigation determined the driver was impaired by alcohol. The individual was arrested and transported to the detachment for additional testing.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, <strong>Konner Campbell<\/strong>, 20, of Geraldton, ON, has been charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; alcohol and drugs (Criminal Code)<\/li>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; blood alcohol concentration (80 plus) (Criminal Code)<\/li>\n<li>Perform stunt &#8211; excessive speed (Highway Traffic Act)<\/li>\n<li>Novice driver &#8211; blood alcohol concentration above zero (Highway Traffic Act)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Nipigon on March 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP is committed to safety for all who utilize Ontario&#8217;s roadways.\u00a0Members of the public are urged to report Impaired Driving by calling 911 in emergency situations.\u00a0Complaints of impaired, aggressive or careless driving can also be made by calling 1-888-310-1122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 3, 2026, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple reports of a vehicle driving aggressively at high speed on Highway 17. The vehicle was located and confirmed by RADAR to be travelling at 157 km\/h in a posted 90 km\/h zone. Further &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 23:46:48","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\/80033","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=80033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80034,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80033\/revisions\/80034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}