High speed intercept in Eppalock

Macedon Ranges Highway Patrol officers were left shaking their heads following a high-speed intercept in Eppalock yesterday.

Officers observed a vehicle overtaking numerous vehicles in a dangerous manner on Axedale-Kimbolton Road around 4.15pm.

The Ute was intercepted and clocked travelling more than three times the posted speed limit.

The speed check alleges the vehicle travelling at 126km/h in a 40km/h zone.

The 45-year-old Echuca man’s vehicle was impounded at a cost of $975.

He is expected to be charged on summons with offences including dangerous driving, exceeding the speed limit by 45km/h or more, conducting an unsafe overtake and driving to the right of double lines.

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