Police officers on patrol spotted a vehicle accelerating to nearly twice the posted speed limit on Saturday night and later learned the driver had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
The arrest happened just before 10 p.m. along Wellington Street West, explains a Guelph Police news release. A Hyundai was stopped after it was clocked travelling 117 km/h in a posted 60 km/h zone.
While the officer was speaking with the driver, a “strong odour of alcoholic beverage” was detected on his breath. He was arrested and taken to the police station where testing confirmed he had “twice” the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
A 32-year-old Kitchener male is charged with impaired driving, stunt driving and speeding.
In addition to the charges, the man’s licence was automatically suspended for 90 days and his vehicle impounded for two weeks.
