Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident in Welland, Friday afternoon.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says the crash happened around noon when a Niagara Regional Police officer travelling westbound on Woodlawn Road tracked a speeding motorcycle in the eastbound lane.
The officer made a U-turn and began pursuing the motorcycle.
Not long after, at the intersection of Woodlawn Road and River Road, the motorcycle was involved in a collision with a civilian vehicle.
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The operator of the motorcycle succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the incident, the SIU says.
A post-mortem for the rider is scheduled in Hamilton Saturday morning.
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