Overview

• The 16-year-old driver was stopped at 4:30 a.m. on June 4 while travelling 160 km/h in a 100 km/h zone near Pelmewash Parkway in Lake Country.
• None of the passengers wore seatbelts and two were lying on the van’s back floor beside yard tools and a lawn mower.
• Officers issued $955 in violation tickets for excessive speed, driving without a licence and carrying too many passengers.
• The unlicensed teen lacked parental permission and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
• Cpl. Michael McLaughlin warned that the stop prevented “an imminent tragedy” and urged parents to reinforce road-safety rules with their teens.