A preferred Calgary thoroughfare is closed after a bike crash.
Alberta Well being Providers EMS acquired a name about an accident on Macleod Route at 31 Avenue within the northbound lanes at roughly 3:20 p.m.
EMS spokesman Stuart Brideaux mentioned a close-by ambulance was capable of shortly reply to the crash.
He says close by motorists tried to supply first assist till paramedics arrived.
“A number of witnesses have been capable of describe sure data to EMS and different first responders of what occurred. Nonetheless, in the long run this gentleman was sadly pronounced lifeless right here on the scene,” mentioned Brideaux.
“The bike misplaced management which led to the collision. Nonetheless, the components that result in this are nonetheless being investigated.”
Early indications confirmed that pace was an element.
“The motive force of the bike was going too quick for the circumstances,” mentioned Sgt. Darrel Schmidt mentioned.
“I am not a reconstructionist, however the detective informed me simply by trying on the level of influence the place he discovered it to the place the bike got here to relaxation: pace is an element. I haven’t got the precise pace, however it was an element.
“There have been no different automobiles concerned. This car was in entrance of the visitors on the time of the collision.”
EMS mentioned no different folks have been injured.
North and southbound lanes of Macleod Route are closed for the police investigation. The southbound lanes opened simply earlier than 6 p.m
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A motorbike lies on its facet on Macleod Route with police close by after a deadly collision on March 31, 2023.
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A motorbike lies on its facet on Macleod Path after a deadly collision on March 31, 2023.
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Calgary police mentioned they anticipated the street to be closed for “a number of hours” and suggested motorists to search out alternate routes.
With the bike season nonetheless formally underway, Schmidt warned riders to watch out of black ice and gravel as temperatures heat up.
“Gravel is simply so easy and there is extra gravel than black ice this time of 12 months,” Schmidt mentioned. “Moreover, drivers usually are not but in search of bikes on the street, so a driver of a bike at the moment of the 12 months will need to have his eyes open.”
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