Man killed in Barrhaven motorcycle crash

Posted Aug 8, 2014 04:20:59 AM.

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OTTAWA – Ottawa police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Barrhaven Thursday night.

Police say just before 10 p.m., a 24-year-old man was thrown from his bike after it appears he lost control of his motorcycle at Strandherd Drive and Jockvale Road.

He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Ottawa Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to call the Collision Investigation Unit at 613-236-1222 x2481.

Strandherd Drive was closed between Greenbank Road and Jockvale Road, and Jockvale Road was also closed from Strandherd Drive to Exeter Drive for nearly six hours while police investigated.

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