A man has died after his motorcycle and a car were involved in a collision Monday evening, Toronto officials say.
Emergency crews were called to the area of Bathurst Street and Glencairn Avenue, south of Lawrence Avenue West, at around 6:20 p.m.
Police said a 29-year-old man was riding a Yamaha motorcycle southbound along Bathurst Street and a 19-year-old woman, driving a Toyota, was travelling eastbound along Glencairn Avenue when the two vehicles collided at the intersection.
A Toronto paramedics spokesperson told Global News the man was taken to a trauma centre in critical condition.
Toronto police later said the man died in hospital from his injuries.
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The traffic services unit was called in to investigate the circumstances leading up to the collision.
— With files from Gabby Rodrigues.
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