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A driver caught going at a speed of 212 kilometres per hour in a 90 kilometre per hour zone was hit with a $1,602 speeding ticket this weekend.

Saskatoon Police Service’s traffic enforcement unit tweeted Feb. 16 that a driver was stopped and ticketed at Circle Drive near Lorne Avenue.

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According to police, the driver initially failed to stop for police, but officers eventually caught up to him.

The driver’s car was impounded, he was given the ticket and faces a charge of failing to stop for police, according to the tweet.

It was one of two high-speed tickets handed out by police over the weekend.

The unit tweeted Sunday that a driver speeding at 161 km/h on Highway 7 near Kindersley approached a Combined Traffic Unit vehicle on Saturday.

According to the tweet, the driver was given a $921 ticket and their vehicle was impounded.