On Saturday, May 1, an Estevan RCMP officer was conducting regular patrols on Highway #18 when he located two red cars traveling eastbound near Bienfait, Saskatchewan. The two vehicles were traveling side by side on the two-lane, divided highway at a high rate of speed. article continues below
An Estevan RCMP officer was conducting regular patrols on Highway 18 on Saturday, when he located two red cars traveling eastbound near Bienfait. The two vehicles were traveling side by side on the two-lane, divided highway at a high rate of speed. The police officer captured one car traveling at 214 km/hr and the other car at 190 km/hr in the 110 km/hr speed zone. article continues below
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Two men have been charged after they were allegedly speeding on a highway near Bienfait on Saturday.
According to an RCMP news release, an Estevan officer was patrolling Highway 18 when he saw two red cars travelling eastbound near Bienfait. The vehicles were travelling side by side on the two-lane highway. One vehicle was clocked at 214 kilometres-per-hour and the other at 190. The speed limit in the area is 110.
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As a result, a 34-year-old Estevan man and 30-year-old Bienfait man were charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. Both men are scheduled to appear in Estevan Provincial Court on June 14.
A short time after his release he was arrested again at a north end business for causing a disturbance. He was lodged in cells and charged with causing a disturbance under the Criminal Code, and was subsequently released on conditions in front of a Justice of the Peace. Police also attended to a residence in the south end of the city to keep the peace while an individual retrieved property from the residence. The matter was resolved without further incident. Police attended to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Fifth Street and Souris Avenue South. Both vehicles were towed from the scene, however no injuries resulted from the collision. The driver of the eastbound vehicle on Fifth Street failed to yield to the northbound vehicle on Souris Avenue and was issued a summary offence ticket under the Traffic Safety Act.