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Motorcyclist dies in collision with car on Highway 36 in City of Kawartha Lakes

A motorcylist was killed following a collision with a car on Friday afternoon on Highway 36 just north of Lindsay. Harrison Perkins/Special to CHEX News

A Cavan Monaghan woman has died following a collision between a motorcycle and a car on Kawartha Lakes Road 36 (Highway 36) in the City of Kawartha Lakes on Friday afternoon.

Around 4:45 p.m. emergency crews were called to the area of Pleasant Point Road, just northeast of Lindsay.

OPP say the 48-year-motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

The name of the victim has not been released.

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The driver of the car – a 65-year-old man from Lindsay – was taken to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay with minor injuries.

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The road between Kennedy Bay Road and Settlers Road was closed for several hours while the Central Region OPP Technical Collision Inve‎stigation Unit were probing the crash scene.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

More to come.

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