A motorcyclist was in critical condition on Thursday afternoon after the bike he was driving collided with a car on a major roadway in Ottawa’s west end, first responders say.
The crash happened on West Hunt Club Road around 1 p.m. Police closed the road’s westbound lanes to traffic between Cedarview and Greenbank roads immediately after the collision.
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The man driving the motorcycle “sustained critical head injuries and was stabilized by advance care paramedics,” the Ottawa Paramedic Service tweeted.
The blocked-off lanes on West Hunt Club Road reopened to traffic around 5 p.m., according to Ottawa police.
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