OSHAWA – A 30-year-old man is dead following a motorcycle crash in Oshawa, and a civilian agency that investigates death or injury involving the police has been called in to probe the incident.
Emergency crews responded to the intersection of Harmony Road and Adelaide Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. and police had soon cordoned off the scene, diverting traffic as an investigation continued.
“(The intersection) will be shut down for several hours,” Durham police spokesman Dave Selby said.
At the scene, a Hyundai Elantra with heavy damage to its passenger side and roof sat facing south in the northbound lanes of Harmony. Several metres north lay the motorcycle, the rider’s helmet and backpack nearby. Debris from the impact was scattered throughout the intersection.
The Special Investigations Unit is examining the incident because Durham police were active in the area. The SIU investigates incidents of death or serious injury involving police.
There’s no indication there was a pursuit involving either vehicle and Mr. Selby couldn’t comment on the SIU investigation.
“(Police) were in the vicinity at the time,” he said.
The investigation continues.
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A motorcyclist is dead following a collision with a car in Oshawa on a sunny day with dry roads – in an area known for speeding and where a radar trap had been operating.
The accident occurred at 2:17 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Harmony Road and Adelaide Avenue, which will be closed until about 8 p.m. as police investigate.
Durham Regional Police say the male operator of the motorcycle, said to be 31 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene. However, he was still taken to Lakeridge Hospital.
The rider had been wearing a helmet.
The condition of the 50-year-old driver of the car involved in the collision was also taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries. However, his car suffered heavy damage as a result of being struck by the motorcycle.
Police had been conducting radar operations in the area. As a result, the service has conducted the province’s Special Investigations Unit, which handles cases in which people have been injured or died while in contact with the police.
Witness Ryan Scott said an officer had stepped out to pull the motorcyclist over. “He ended up turning around, coming back up – ended up crashing into that car,” he said.
Deputy Insp. Mitchell Colling of Durham Police said as far as he knows, there was no chase of the motorcyclist. He described police involvement as peripheral.
The Oshawa death is the second serious motorcycle accident in the GTA in the past 24 hours.
Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Toronto Police were called to Sheppard Avenue East and Twyn Rivers Drive for a single-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle.
The 58-year-old driver lost control, struck the north curb, left the roadway and ended up hitting a fire hydrant, which propelled him off the motorcycle.
He is in serious condition in hospital.
Since Sept. 25, there have been 39 motorcycle accidents in Toronto.
not too sure as to why he was pulled over… but lets say he was doing 50 over and thought it wouldve been better to just dip. i wonder how much more we’re gonna see of this now, especially for those that can easily dust a cruiser.