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2 motorcycle riders killed in highway crash south of Belleville

Two men were killed Saturday afternoon when a car crashed into a pack of motorcycles in Prince Edward County south of Belleville.

Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release that eight motorcycles were travelling east when a Mazda Miata travelling west crossed the centre line on the Loyalist Parkway at Stapleton Road around 2:30 p.m.

Three motorcycles were hit, police said.

Edgar Wayne Boone, 58, of Ottawa and Darren Philip Williams, 46, of Quinte West were killed, while a 65-year-old man from Sydenham was injured.

The 83-year-old man who was driving the car and 80-year-old female passenger were also transported to hospital with injuries.

Police are still investigating.