Man found dead near motorcycle south of Smiths Falls
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are working to figure out what happened before a man was found dead near a motorcycle in a Leeds County ditch early Sunday morning.
The OPP sent out a news release Monday morning about some of the blanks in their investigation.
They said what they do know is they first were called after 5 a.m. Sunday to a motorcycle in a ditch off County Road 29 south of Kinch Street, about 15 kilometres south of Smiths Falls.
The motorcycle was cold to the touch, police said, and the rider was pronounced dead at the scene. He's been identified as a 37-year-old man from the nearby Lombardy area and police did not release his name.
Police collision investigators have done what they can, according to the release — the driver appears to have been going south at the time, for example — but have not found any witnesses nor figured out the time or cause of what they refer to as a single-vehicle crash.
They're hoping witnesses or people with dashcam video will reach out to the Leeds County detachment or to Crime Stoppers.
