Fatal motorcycle crash in Leamington

On July 1 at 4:23 p.m., members of the Leamington Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services and Chatham-Kent EMS were dispatched to the intersection of County Road 37 and County Road 8 in the Municipality of Leamington for a serious two vehicle collision involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle.

The motorcycle had two occupants. As a result of the collision, one occupant of the motorcycle was pronounced deceased at scene and the second occupant was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The lone occupant of the pickup truck was not injured.

The OPP West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement team assisted the Leamington Detachment with the investigation.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Leamington OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or online at www.opp.ca/reporting.