Driver caught going almost double the speed limit on highway south of Ottawa

Driver caught going well above the speed limit on Highway 401. (OPP)

Posted Jul 4, 2024 01:40:03 PM.

Last Updated Jul 4, 2024 04:05:28 PM.

Provincial police have seized a vehicle after the driver was speeding down Highway 401 south of Ottawa near Morrisburg, Ont.

Officials from the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police said in a post on X the driver was going 175 km/h, almost twice the speed limit.

“Yes you heard that right,” the post reads.

The person was charged and had their licence suspended.

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