Muscle car reached 213 km/h on Winnipeg street before October crash, police say

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A 23-year-old antheral has been arrested successful transportation with an October clang successful Winnipeg successful which a car going 158 km/h slammed into a hydro pole, guardrail, thoroughfare motion and gathering earlier yet coming to a halt.

Driver ran from clang scene, fishy identified and arrested Monday

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· Posted: Mar 26, 2025 10:01 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

A acheronian  photograph  shows enactment    crews successful  cranes, tending to a breached  hydro pole

Hydro workers repair a rod that was sheared by the clang successful October. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC)

A 23-year-old antheral has been arrested successful transportation with an October clang successful Winnipeg successful which a car going 158 km/h slammed into a hydro pole, guardrail, thoroughfare motion and gathering earlier yet coming to a halt.

The 2009 Dodge Charger SRT8 reached 213 km/hr conscionable moments earlier impact, investigators said.

Police said successful a quality merchandise Wednesday that it miraculous nary 1 was injured.

The clang happened astir 2 a.m. Oct. 15, astatine a crook on St. Mary's Road adjacent Morier Avenue. The posted velocity limit along that agelong is 60 km/h.

The car ripped done the guardrail and rod successful beforehand of Midland Appliance World, which was besides damaged.

A building's bluish  metallic  exterior is dented and damaged from a car   hitting it.

Midland Appliance World and a guardrail successful beforehand of it were some damaged successful the October crash. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC)

The 2 occupants of the Charger ran from the country earlier constabulary arrived.

Investigators identified a suspect and arrested him astatine his location connected Monday. He faces a complaint of unsafe driving.

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