A 20-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving after police say he was caught travelling at almost 200 km/h in a school zone in the Halifax area Wednesday afternoon.
An RCMP officer first clocked the speed of the white Chevrolet Camaro at over 200 km/h on Highway 102 in Waverley at 2:43 p.m.
The officer tried to pull the vehicle over, but police say the driver refused to stop.
A short time later, a member of the Halifax Regional Police traffic unit clocked the same vehicle travelling at a speed of 192 km/h in a school zone on Rocky Lake Drive in Bedford.
“We don't normally see speeds close to four times over the posted speed limit,” says Const. Kristine Fraser of Halifax Regional Police’s traffic unit.
Police say the driver also passed several vehicles on a solid yellow line, facing oncoming traffic. He refused to stop for police and was last seen heading towards Waverley.
Officers set up a road block on Waverley Road, near Fall River, but police say the driver still refused to stop and continued to travel at a high rate of speed, swerving between lanes and narrowly avoiding other vehicles.
Police eventually located the vehicle in the parking lot of a gas station at 200 Waverley Road and arrested the driver without incident around 3 p.m. Witnesses say it took half a dozen police cars to pull off the arrest.
Marshall Ellis of Elderbank is facing one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and flight from police. He was also issued two tickets, for expired registration and operating a motor vehicle without a liability policy.
Ellis made an appearance Thursday in Dartmouth provincial court, where he was released on $2,000 bail. As part of the conditions of his release, Ellis has to stay at his parent's house and isn't allowed behind the wheel.
Ellis is due back in court next month.
With files from CTV Atlantic’s Emily Baron Cadloff.
