Ottawa man dead after motorcycle crash in Madawaska Township

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) cruiser.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) cruiser. Photo: Flickr.

A motorcycle collision in Greater Madawaska Township has left one person dead.

Members of the Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the single-vehicle crash on Centennial Lake Road around 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21.

The driver of the motorcycle, a 27-year-old man from Ottawa, was transported to hospital but later died from his injuries.

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 The cause of the collision is still being investigated.

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