54-Yr-Old Burnaby Motorcyclist Dies In Vancouver As City Records Seventh Traffic Death This Year

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 15 Aug, 2018 10:28 AM

VANCOUVER — A motorcyclist has been killed in Vancouver's seventh traffic-related fatality of 2018.

Vancouver police say a 54-year-old Burnaby man died at the scene in a crash involving his motorcycle and an SUV.

It happened just after 6 a.m. on the city's west side.

Const. Jason Doucette says in a news release that the 64-year-old Vancouver man driving the SUV remained at the scene.

A section of busy West Broadway, west of Arbutus Street, was closed during the morning rush while police try to determine a cause of the crash.

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