Motorcyclist killed after crashing into ditch in Gravenhurst
OPP cruiser in this file photo.
Provincial police are investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Gravenhurst on Saturday.
Police say the motorcyclist crashed into a ditch after failing to go around a curve along Southwood Road just after 2 p.m.
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Police and emergency crews responded to the crash but pronounced the 60-year-old Oshawa rider dead at the scene.
Southwood Road was closed for several hours while police completed their investigation.
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