FATALITY . A 36-yearold motorcyclist is dead after spinning out of control in an intersection and crashing into a retaining wall.
Witnesses reported seeing the motorcycle travelling at a high rate of speed north on Edmonton Trail N.E. about 5 p.m. Monday, police said.
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When it approached the intersection at 7th Avenue he lost control, crossed into southbound traffic, hit a curb and travelled across the sidewalk and into a retaining wall at a private dwelling, according to duty inspector Paul Stacey.
“Speed was a factor in this crash,” he said, adding the man was still alive at the scene and transported by EMS, but died upon arrival at hospital.
Northbound and southbound Edmonton Trail between 4th Avenue and 8 Avenue were closed to traffic while police investigated.
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