A London man is dead after a motorcycle crash near Western University Monday evening.
Emergency crews were called to the area of Western Road near Platts Lane at around 6:45 p.m and found that a motorcycle travelling southbound on Western Road struck a deer as it was crossing the street.
The motorcyclist lost control and suffered fatal injuries. A London man, 34, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His name is not being released at this time as police work to notify his family.
The deer suffered serious injuries and was euthanized by officers at the scene.
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The Traffic Management Unit has taken over the investigation, which is ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to contact police.
Photos from a passerby, sent to 980 CFPL around 7 p.m., show police activity along Western Road where it bends west, north of Hollywood Crescent.
That stretch of road, recently repaved as part of an ongoing road widening project, was temporarily closed. It re-opened to traffic around 11 p.m Monday.
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