RCMP catch man driving 116km/h over limit near Brooks

By Ryan Running Rabbit

Posted August 13, 2019 6:58 am.

BROOKS (660 NEWS) – There’s going fast and then there’s going extremely fast.

That’s exactly what police say a 20-year-old man from Brooks did in his red Ford Mustang on Saturday night.

The RCMP clocked the man driving 226 km/h on the Trans Canada Highway. The speed limit for the road is 110km/h.

The man was stopped by police and charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle.

He is due in Provincial Court on September 25.

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