Three people have been charged with stunt driving after officers from the Nipigon and Schreiber detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police stopped three drivers within 59 minutes. The first took place at 4 p.m. Oct. 29 on Highway 17 in Terrace Bay. “A silver Volkswagen was reported to be passing unsafely and driving at a high speed,” the OPP said in a Nov. 3 news release. “Officers located the vehicle traveling at 161 km/h. The male driver (18 years old), of Scarborough, Ont., was charged (with) stunt driving.” Less than 20 minutes later, officers with the Nipigon OPP spotted a grey Toyota Highlander on Highway 11/17, in the Township of Red Rock. Dirt biker was doing wheelies The vehicle was “travelling at 150km/h,” police said. “The female driver … age 41 of Thunder Bay has been charged with stunt driving.” And then just before 5 p.m., “an officer with the Nipigon OPP observed a dirt bike traveling at high speeds, passing other vehicles and doing ‘wheelies’ on Highway 628, in Red Rock Township,” police said. “The dirt bike continued to do wheelies within the Town of Red Rock.” A 16-year-old driver was charged with stunt driving, among other charges, under the Highway Traffic Act. “A similar-looking dirt bike was observed travelling down Highway 628 at night without lights in the previous couple of weeks,” police said. All three drivers were charged under the Highway Traffic Act, received a 30-day driver’s licence suspension, and their vehicles were impounded for 14 days. The drivers are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice at a later date. “The OPP remains committed to taking aggressive drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education,” police said. “If you suspect that someone is driving aggressively, it is important to call 911 to report it.”
