A Sarnia driver is charged with stunt driving after being clocked at 135 km/h in an 80-zone. (Photo provided by Sarnia Police Service)A Sarnia driver is charged with stunt driving after being clocked at 135 km/h in an 80-zone. (Photo provided by Sarnia Police Service)
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Sarnia driver charged after vehicle clocked at 55 km/h over limit

A Sarnia man is charged with stunt driving after being clocked at over 130 kilometres an hour in an 80-zone Wednesday afternoon.

City police say at around 3 p.m., an officer spotted a pickup truck traveling at high rate of speed northbound on Modeland Road.

After getting a reading of 135 kilometres an hour, the truck was stopped on the south side of the CN overpass.

The 41-year-old driver was charged and issued a seven-day licence suspension. The vehicle was also impounded for a week.

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