UPDATE: Motorcyclist dies in a crash east of Oshawa

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Published August 29, 2024 at 5:34 pm

Last Updated August 29, 2024 at 9:49 pm

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A single-vehicle crash has claimed the life of a motorcyclist.

Emergency crews responded to reports of the crash on Highway 401 westbound to the Highway 418 northbound ramp in Clarington just before 4 p.m. on Thursday, OPP said.

A motorcycle left the roadway and went into a ditch, police said.

Police said the rider, an 82-year-old man from Mississauga, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The Highway 418 northbound ramp is closed with an unknown reopening time.

Update: The ramp reopened around 8 p.m.

An OPP reconstruction team is investigating.

Police ask witnesses to call 905-668-3388.

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