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Charges laid in fatal motorcycle crash in Kitchener: police

Waterloo Regional Police Service cruisers behind the Kitchener station. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Waterloo Regional Police say a 35-year-old man is facing charges in connection to a fatal motorcycle crash in Kitchener Monday evening.

A police spokesperson told Global News emergency crews were called to Huron Road, near Manitou Drive and Homer Watson Boulevard, at around 6:10 p.m. after a motorcycle crashed.

Police say the Kitchener man driving and his 31-year-old male passenger were headed eastbound on Huron Road on a Yamaha bike at a high rate of speed when it struck the curb, launching both men from the vehicle.

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The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision.

On Tuesday morning, police announced that the driver was charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.

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