A 25-year-old Hamilton man is dead after a motorcycle crash occurred overnight in the city’s east end.
Paramedics say they got a call to Industrial Drive and Gage Avenue at around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
When both police and paramedics arrived, they reportedly discovered a man with fatal injuries.
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“He was transported by paramedics to the hospital in critical condition with significant injuries,” Hamilton Paramedic Service spokesperson Dave Thompson told Global News. “He was pronounced dead at the hospital.”
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Hamilton police reconstruction teams believe the black 2008 Kawasaki ZX6 motorcycle was travelling westbound and attempted to exit the road when it collided with a rock face along the north side of Industrial Drive.
Police believe a “high rate of speed” was a factor in the crash.
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