17-year-old charged after clocked at over 200 km/h on Highway 401 near Gananoque

A teenager with a G2 license faces both criminal and traffic act charges after an incident on Highway 401 that happened on the evening of Friday, Dec. 27.

OPP say in a social media post that the 17-year-old driver was clocked travelling at 201 km/h in a 100 km/h zone westbound at Gananoque. They were doing so while making unsafe lane changes, before taking the ramp at Gananoque at 153 km/h. The posted speed for the ramp is 30 km/h.

The driver was arrested and charged with stunt and dangerous driving.