Motorcyclist killed in crash near Calabogie

Ontario Provincial Police say the 45-year-old motorcyclist was pronounced dead after crashing their bike on Centennial Lake Road Sunday afternoon. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press - image credit)
Ontario Provincial Police say the 45-year-old motorcyclist was pronounced dead after crashing their bike on Centennial Lake Road Sunday afternoon. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press - image credit)

Provincial police are investigating after a motorcyclist was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash just west of Calabogie, Ont.

The crash happened shortly after 1 p.m. on Centennial Lake Road in the township of Greater Madawaska, roughly 120 kilometres west of downtown Ottawa.

The 45-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene, the OPP said in a tweet Sunday evening.

Centennial Lake Road was closed between Chimo Road S. and Scully Lake Road after the crash. It reopened around 9 p.m.

The driver's name has not yet been released.

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