{"id":85272,"date":"2026-07-24T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=85272"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:42:58","slug":"nipigon-opp-3-drivers-over-4-days-charged-with-stunt-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/nipigon-opp-3-drivers-over-4-days-charged-with-stunt-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipigon OPP &#8211; 3 drivers over 4 days charged with Stunt Driving"},"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 July 20, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received complaints regarding a vehicle being driven erratically on Highway 11-17. At approximately 12:30 p.m., a member of the Nipigon OPP Detachment using a RaDAR speed measuring device located the vehicle, a white Lexus, travelling at 173 km\/h in a posted 90 km\/h zone. The driver was identified as a 35-year-old individual from London, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>On July 22, 2026, at approximately 7:00 p.m., a member of the Nipigon OPP Detachment conducting general patrol duties utilized a LiDAR speed measuring device and observed a silver Audi travelling at 147 km\/h in a posted 90 km\/h zone. The driver was identified as a 19-year-old individual from Oakville, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>On July 23, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a member of the Schreiber OPP Detachment conducting general patrol duties utilized a RaDAR speed measuring device and observed a grey Honda travelling at 147 km\/h in a posted 90 km\/h zone. The driver was identified as a 23-year-old individual from Kingston, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>All 3 drivers were charged with Drive Motor Vehicle &#8211; Perform Stunt &#8211; Excessive Speed under the Highway Traffic Act, received a 30-day Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS) and their vehicles were impounded for 14 days, the drivers are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP remains committed to taking aggressive drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education. If you suspect that someone is driving aggressively, it is important to call 9-1-1 to report it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 20, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received complaints regarding a vehicle being driven erratically on Highway 11-17. At approximately 12:30 p.m., a member of the Nipigon OPP Detachment using a RaDAR speed measuring device located the vehicle, a white Lexus, travelling at 173 km\/h in a posted 90 km\/h zone. The driver &#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-85272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 13:04:55","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\/85272","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=85272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85273,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85272\/revisions\/85273"}],"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=85272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}