A 66-year-old suspect from Morocco is facing several charges after fleeing Ontario Provincial Police last week on Highway 17 near North Bay. Police were conducting speed enforcement on the highway Nov. 7 around 8:15 p.m. in Papineau-Cameron Township when “a vehicle was observed travelling at a high rate of speed,” the OPP said in a Nov. 12 news release. “The officer recorded the vehicle travelling at 144 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone,” police said. “When signalled to stop by police, the driver failed to stop and continued eastbound on Highway 17.” Officers contacted their counterparts with the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP, who later located and safely stopped the vehicle on Highway 17, west of Petawawa. The 66-year-old suspect from Morocco was charged with failing to stop for police, careless driving and stunt driving. The vehicle was impounded for 14 days and the suspect’s driver’s licence was suspended for 30 days.
