(BRIGHTON, ON) – On Sunday June 22, 2014 Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting speed enforcement on area roadways as part of the detachment traffic plan.
At approximately 12:20 pm on Sunday, an OPP officer was operating radar on County Road 30 north of Codrington in the Municipality of Brighton when a vehicle was observed southbound at a high rate of speed. The officer followed the vehicle and stopped the 2002 blue Dodge Caravan near Aranda Way. The female driver exited the vehicle, ignoring the officer and the emergency lights. The officer found that there were six children also in the vehicle. The children were 6 months, 1 year, 2 years (twins), 3 years and 8 years of age. There were two car seats in the vehicle but there was no attached seating to the floor of the van. The officer conducted an investigation into the female driver and issued her with several summonses for Provincial Offences Court on Thursday July 24, 2014 in Campbellford at 9:30 am.
Melissa Gail Anne BRUMMEL, 28 from Campbellford has been charged with the following offences under the Highway Traffic Act:
Drive motor vehicle – no licence
Deface validation sticker
Use plate not authorized for motor vehicle
Drive while passenger under 16 fails to properly wear seatbelt
Speeding
Operate motor vehicle – no insurance – Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act.
Family members attended the scene and transported the children safely on to their destination.