Police: speeding driver fails to secure children in back seat

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A driver that was stopped for allegedly speeding now faces a number of other charges.

Provincial police say officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was allegedly speeding along Highway 11 North in Oro-Medonte around 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

Police claim the driver had two young children in the car and during an investigation, OPP officers determined the driver did not properly secure the children in “approved child restraint systems.”

Police also claim that the investigation led to the driver’s arrest for allegedly being impaired.

The 27-year-old from Mississauga has been charged with two counts of abandoning a child, two counts of operation while impaired and one count of dangerous operation.

Police say the driver’s name will not be released to protect the identity of the children.

The accused will appear before an Ontario Court of Justice in Orillia in August.