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Motorcycle rider, passenger killed after crash in Vaughan

A York Regional Police cruiser in Aurora on June 26, 2019. Shallima Maharaj / Global News

York Regional Police say the driver of a motorcycle and a passenger have died after a crash in Vaughan, Ont., on Tuesday night.

Emergency crews were called to Highway 7 at Thornhill Woods Drive at around 10:15 p.m. for reports of a collision between a motorcycle and a car.

Investigators said a blue Volkswagen sedan was going eastbound on Highway 7 when it attempted to turn north onto Thornhill Woods drive and collided with a westbound Suzuki motorcycle.

Police said the male driver and a female passenger on the motorcycle, a 45-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman from Vaughan, were both pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the car, a woman, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Roads in the area were closed for the investigation but have since reopened.

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The circumstances leading up to the crash were not immediately released.

 

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