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Motorcyclist dead after losing control, flipping his bike in Etobicoke

File photo of a Toronto police cruiser. Jeremy Cohn / File / Global News

A male motorcyclist has died after he lost control and flipped over his bike in the area of Norseman and Islington Ave., Sunday.

Emergency crews were called to the scene just before 10:30 a.m.

Toronto Paramedics say a male in his 50s was transported from the scene to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.

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He was later pronounced dead in hospital. This is the 38th fatal collision in Toronto this year.

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Toronto police initially closed both directions of Norseman between Islington and Kipling Ave. for the investigation, but all lanes have since been reopened. Police urge any witnesses to the crash to call 416-808-1900.

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