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A 54-year-old Ruthven man was pronounced dead on the scene of a motorcycle collision Saturday afternoon in Kingsville.
OPP say at approximately 1:30 p.m., Kingsville OPP officers with assistance from Windsor-Essex Emergency Medical Services and the Kingsville Fire Department, responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle.
The accident happened on County Road 34 between County Road 31 and Dolce Vita Avenue.
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OPP West Region traffic incident management enforcement team members are assisting with the investigation and are appealing to the public for assistance. Anyone with information is urged to contact Kingsville OPP at 1-888-310-1122. They can also contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 519-258-8477 (TIPS) or online at catchcrooks.com.
This has been one of the deadliest years so far for motorcyclists in Southwest Ontario, including on local roads.
A Leamington resident was killed between Chatham and London on June 23 after leaving the road and striking a tree. Another Leamington motorcyclist, 28, was killed near Hillman Marsh on May 1, and a Windsor motorcyclist, Ali Hashmat, 19, was killed on Dougall Avenue near E.C. Row Expressway on April 28.
According to a recent OPP report, speeding, failing to yield, inattention and losing control were listed as factors in more than half of the almost 400 fatal crashes on OPP-patrolled roads in Ontario over the past decade.
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