OPP catch driver who took off from R.I.D.E. check

By CityNews Kitchener Staff

Posted Jun 25, 2018 07:36:00 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Provincial police have found a driver they say took off from a R.I.D.E. check near Cambridge.

Officers were set-up on Gore Road last Wednesday.

Around 11 p.m., they say the driver of an SUV, narrowly missed hitting officers, when fleeing the area.

A man was later arrested with the assistance of Waterloo Regional Police.

Ronald Dark, 26, is charged with driving while disqualified, careless driving and with failing to stop for police.

He is due in court in July.

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