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One person is dead after an early Sunday motorcycle crash west of London, provincial police say.
The crash happened about 2:45 a.m. in the area of Longwoods Road near Sassafras Road, about half way between London and Chatham, Middlesex OPP said.
The crash involved a motorcycle that caught fire after leaving the roadway and striking a tree. No other vehicles were involved, police said.
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A 41-year-old person from Leamington was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, adding the identity of the deceased would not be made public “out of respect for the family’s privacy.”
The fatal crash prompted the closing of Longwoods Road between Sassafras and Dogwood roads. The area has since reopened, police said.
Any witnesses of the crash or anyone with information that can help the investigation is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
It was eight days ago that two people were killed in another rural motorcycle crash in Southwestern Ontario, that one on Egremont Drive near School Road, northwest of Strathroy. Two people were killed when a motorcycle and SUV collided, police said.
Two days prior, on June 13, a motorcyclist was killed in another Southwestern Ontario crash, this one at Road 96 and 37th Line in Zorra Township, about 10 kilometres southwest of the town of Tavistock. The deceased was a 65-year-old man from Dorchester, Ontario Provincial Police said. His name has not been made public.
On June 4, a motorcyclist was badly hurt in a rural collision in the Norfolk County community of Renton. Police said the motorcyclist suffered “life-altering injuries” in the collision with a pickup truck on Cockshutt Road just north of Concession 6 Woodhouse.
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