Nova Scotia

Stunting charged laid against 19-year-old man in Halifax

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A Halifax Regional Police car is pictured in an undated file image. (Paul DeWitt/CTV Atlantic)
A Halifax Regional Police car is pictured in an undated file image. (Paul DeWitt/CTV Atlantic)

A 19-year-old man has been charged with stunting after police say they clocked him driving 55 km/h over the posted speed limit.

Halifax Regional Police (HRP) says an officer saw a vehicle speeding inbound on Highway 102 approaching Bayers Road around 4:40 p.m. Monday.

Police say the vehicle was driving 145 km/h in a 90 km/h zone.

According to HRP, the man was ticketed for stunting – a charge that is automatically laid when a vehicle is travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit.

The man’s driver’s licence was also suspended for seven days and the vehicle was seized.

The fine for stunting in Nova Scotia is $2,422.50 and six points are assigned to the driver’s record.

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