Quinte News file photo: Nicole Kleinsteuber
A police chase in the along the 401 in the Leeds and Grenville area has led to charges against a 19 year old man.
Monday afternoon the OPP in Leeds and Grenville received a complainant of a motorcycle being driven in an erratic fashion on the 401
Information provided was that the vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic.
An officer attempted to stop the motorcycle in the Leeds and Grenville area however the driver failed to stop. Approximately 30 minutes later an officer with the Frontenac OPP attempted to stop the same motorcycle and the driver again failed to stop.
The motorcycle was located by Napanee OPP officers travelling westbound on the 401 at 3:51 p.m. Police followed the vehicle until it exited southbound on Wallbridge Loyalist Road. The driver continued to Hamilton Road where he turned into a cornfield and lost control of the motorcycle. The male was apprehended by police after he ran into the woods.
Reece Cook of Brantford faces charges of flight from police, three counts of dangerous driving, and driving without a licence.
