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Dirt bike rider dies following weekend crash near Havelock, Ont.

OPP cruiser.
OPP cruiser. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

A 36-year-old Scarborough man is dead after his dirt bike collided with a tree in Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township Sunday afternoon.

Peterborough County OPP said a group of off-road riders were traveling on Devils 4 Mile Road around 2 p.m. when one rider became separated from the group.

Two riders retraced their steps and found their friend on the side of a gravel road, police said.

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David Speicher of Scarborough was pronounced dead upon arrival at Campbellford Hospital. A post-mortem has yet to be scheduled. Police are still investigating the cause of the collision.

 

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