Another fatal motorcycle crash on Vancouver Island claims life of 58-year-old
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A 58-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle and SUV collided near Chemainus, marking the second fatal motorcycle crash on Vancouver Island in as many days.
A 58-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle and SUV collided near Chemainus, marking the second fatal motorcycle crash on Vancouver Island in as many days.
Mounties from the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment were called to the intersection of Chemainus Road and Cook Street just before 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Investigators say evidence at the scene showed the motorcyclist was travelling northbound on Chemainus Road when the driver of a southbound SUV failed to yield before turning left onto Cook Street, striking the motorcycle.
The motorcyclist was taken to hospital and then airlifted to a trauma centre where he succumbed to his injuries.
"We can’t urge enough the need for road users to be aware of their surroundings, especially during summertime when there is a high increase of motorcycles on our roads," B.C. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Alex Bérubé said in a statement Thursday.
The crash comes less than 24 hours after a 29-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash on a logging road near Courtenay.
Mounties were called to the scene on the Comox Logging Road, near the Island Highway overpass, west of Courtenay, at approximately 9:15 p.m. Tuesday.
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