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Young driver faces racing, blood alcohol charges

A 19-year-old from St. Clair Township is charged after Lambton OPP clocked a vehicle travelling over 50 kilometres per hour above the posted speed limit on Highway 402.

Police were conducting radar enforcement in the Plympton-Wyoming area at around 9:30 p.m. on February 8.

The driver allegedly blew above zero on a roadside screening device.

The driver is charged with racing a motor vehicle at excessive speeds and being a young driver with a blood alcohol concentration above zero.

The driver's licence was suspended for seven days and the vehicle towed and impounded for seven days.

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