{"id":705967,"date":"2026-05-31T14:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T14:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/705967\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T14:47:07","slug":"driver-awaiting-trial-in-fatal-crash-charged-with-stunt-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/705967\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver awaiting trial in fatal crash charged with stunt driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A man from Woodstock Ont. who is awaiting trial for a fatal Brampton crash is facing new stunt driving charges after he recently got caught speeding in Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/news-feed\/posts\/man-charged-with-stunt-driving-while-awaiting-trial-in-2024-fatal-collision\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/news-feed\/posts\/man-charged-with-stunt-driving-while-awaiting-trial-in-2024-fatal-collision\/\">news release<\/a>, Peel Regional Police say they spotted a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed near Winston Churchill Boulevard and Argentia Road at about 1 a.m. on May 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say a traffic stop was conducted and charged 20-year-old Mitchel Hunter with:<\/p>\n<p>Stunt drivingSpeeding \u2013 102 km\/h in a posted 60 km\/h zoneFail to surrender driver\u2019s licenceDrive motor vehicle contrary to emissions regulations<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say Hunter also received an immediate 30-day driver\u2019s licence suspension and a 14-day vehicle impoundment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The new charges come while Hunter is already awaiting trial on criminal charges stemming from a fatal collision in Brampton in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In that instance, police previously charged him with:<\/p>\n<p>Dangerous driving causing deathDangerous driving causing bodily harm (two counts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">None of the allegations have not been tested in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man from Woodstock Ont. who is awaiting trial for a fatal Brampton crash is facing new stunt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-705967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}