AMHERST – A pair of men are facing charges after driving at a high rate of speed on Highway 104 near Amherst on Aug. 4.
Just before noon, RCMP Northwest Traffic Services were conducting radar enforcement on the highway near Thomson Station when an officer observed two vehicles travelling at high speed in the westbound lane.
It appeared as though the vehicles were racing.
The officer locked in one of the vehicles at 159 km/h in a 110 km/h zone and a 29-year-old man from Lakeside, N.S., driving a 2010 Acura CSX, was stopped and issued a fine of $410.
A second officer, parked in a turn-around in the median, locked in the second vehicle, a 2003 Infiniti G35, at 232 km/h and a 19-year-old from Quebec was stopped and charged with stunting, which comes with a fine of $2,422 and a seven-day licence suspension.
The vehicle was seized.
