A 19-year old male from Pickering is dead after his motorcycle crashed on Highway 401 at Markham Road early Sunday morning.
The motorcyclist was involved in a single-vehicle collision in the eastbound express lanes around 5 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division said in a tweet.
Drivers were told by the OPP to expect traffic to be detoured at Kennedy Road while they investigated the scene.
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“OPP collision reconstruction members are documenting the evidence working to determine the circumstances, reopening 11am,” police said in a tweet.
There is no word from police on the cause of the crash at this time.
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