West Nipissing Driver Fails to Stop for Cops, Flees on Watercraft: OPP

West Nipissing driver fails to stop for cops, flees on watercraft: OPP

West Nipissing OPP say a 49-year-old driver refused to stop for police this past weekend, then fled from officers on a personal watercraft without a floatation device.

West Nipissing resident uses vehicle and personal watercraft to flee from police

The Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop with a vehicle on Quesnel Road in West Nipissing on last Sunday around 11:10 a.m.

Aquatic escape from police on watercraft leads to charges for Ontario man

Running from the law on a personal watercraft has led to charges for an Ontario man, the OPP says. The amphibious escape happened on Sunday shortly after 11 a.m. when police say officers tried to pull over a vehicle on Quesnel Road in West Nipissing, around 88 kilometres east of Sudbury. But the male driver didn’t stop for police, and instead took the chase from land to the water in a “personal watercraft” on the lower Sturgeon River. Investigat…