{"id":827887,"date":"2026-07-26T21:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827887\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:07:32","slug":"man-20-charged-after-street-racers-hit-200-km-hr-along-nairn-overpass-winnipeg-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827887\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 20, charged after street racers hit 200 km\/hr along Nairn Overpass: Winnipeg police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers were seen street racing through a Winnipeg neighbourhood at speeds of up to 200 kilometres per hour early Sunday, but only one arrest was made as some of the vehicles were not identified, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2 a.m. Sunday, police received reports of a Corvette racing at high speeds alongside other vehicles along the Disraeli Freeway, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>A police helicopter tracked the vehicles, which police say split off into multiple directions after crossing the Nairn Overpass at speeds of up to 200 kilometres per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Officers attempting to stop a Jeep and a Corvette near Lagimodiere Boulevard and Regent Avenue ticketed the driver of the Jeep under the Highway Traffic Act, but the Corvette sped past and entered a residential area, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Corvette stopped the vehicle near Johnson Avenue and Henderson Highway before fleeing on foot with a passenger, police said.<\/p>\n<p>A police dog unit helped track the pair a couple blocks away before they were taken into custody, police said. One of them needed medical attention after being apprehended by a police dog.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-year-old man is now charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle and fleeing a police officer. He was released on a promise to appear in court.<\/p>\n<p>The other vehicles seen racing were not identified, police say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-827887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827887","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=827887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}