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Driver charged with speeding nearly 2x limit on Hwy 400 while intoxicated

A police officer holds a roadside screening test that registered a fail. (Source: OPP/X) A police officer holds a roadside screening test that registered a fail. (Source: OPP/X)
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A Barrie man faces charges and a 90-day driver's licence suspension after allegedly speeding nearly double the posted limit while intoxicated along Highway 400.

Provincial police say an officer conducted a traffic stop shortly before 1 a.m. on Tuesday after clocking a vehicle travelling northbound at 191 kilometres per hour at Teston Road in Vaughan.

The 47-year-old man was charged with stunt driving and impaired driving.

The offences come with an automatic roadside licence suspension and vehicle impoundment.

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