Battlefords RCMP charged a 22-year-old man after officers recorded a vehicle travelling 176 km/h in a 100 km/h zone while attempting to flee police.
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Police say that on Feb. 21 at about 11 a.m., officers observed a vehicle heading north on Highway 29 at a high rate of speed. Officers attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued north at speeds reaching 176 km/h.
RCMP followed at what they described as a safe speed and distance as the vehicle turned onto a rural road and continued at a dangerous speed despite winter road conditions.
Additional officers later saw the vehicle travelling southbound on Highway 29. When the vehicle turned onto another rural road ending in a dead end, officers set up a tire deflation device at the intersection of Highway 29 and the rural road where the vehicle was last seen.
Police allege the vehicle returned to the intersection and drove over the device before veering off the road and stopping near the edge of a frozen body of water.
Officers, along with Saskatchewan RCMP police dog services, contained the vehicle. Three adult men exited.
Two men were arrested without incident. The third man allegedly fled on foot toward the middle of the frozen body of water. Officers followed and arrested him. Police say he was identified as the driver.
Jacob Lowen, 22, of Saltcoats, Sask., is charged with flight from police, operation of a motor vehicle while impaired, operation of a conveyance with a blood-alcohol concentration exceeding 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood, resisting or obstructing a peace officer and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Lowen made his first appearance in North Battleford provincial court on Feb. 23.
The two other men were released without charges.
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