Driver faces charges after OPP clock vehicle travelling over 189 km/h on QEW

By Rick Zamperin 900 CHML

Posted January 2, 2019 2:36 pm EST

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A man is facing stunt driving charges after OPP stopped a speeding vehicle on the QEW. Lars Hagberg / The Canadian Press

Ontario Provincial Police say they pulled over a vehicle going nearly double the speed limit on the the Burlington Skyway Wednesday morning.

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Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says in a tweet that the driver told police he was taking a friend to Niagara Falls for a test.

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Schmidt says the vehicle — what appears in the tweet to be a Chrysler 300 — was clocked going 189 km/h on the QEW just before 8 a.m.

Schmidt says the vehicle was impounded and the driver is now facing stunt driving charges.

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