Passenger dies after motorcycle crash due to poor road conditions, Blue Hills RCMP investigate

An elderly woman who was the passenger on a motorcycle died after a crash and police say poor road conditions due to recent rainfall were a factor.

On Wednesday around 10 a.m. officers from the Blue Hills (Brandon) RCMP and Rivers Police Service say they responded to a report of a motorcycle crash on Road 65N — two kilometres west of Provincial Road 270 in the RM of Elton.

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Officers found two people from Toronto who had been travelling eastbound on the road when the motorbike lost control and rolled onto its side.

The 73-year-old male driver of the bike, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown from the motorcycle and suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

However, his 79-year-old female passenger, who was also wearing a helmet, was taken to the hospital where she later died.

Blue Hills RCMP along with a forensic collision reconstructionist continue to investigate.