A hydro pole was left snapped in half after a motorcycle crashed into in on Ridout Street early Monday morning. (Justin Zadorsky / CTV London)
London police are working to piece together the circumstances that led to a fatal motorcycle collision overnight on Ridout Street.
The crash occurred around 1:40 a.m. on Ridout Street just south of Thames Park.
A 17-year-old died in hospital after the motorcycle he was riding hit a hydro pole in the area. Police believe speed was a factor.
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- The motorcycle at the centre of a fatal crash on Ridout Street on Monday, July 17, 2017. (Justin Zadorsky / CTV London)
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- London police’s Traffic Management Unit investigates the fatal crash on Ridout Street on Monday, July 17, 2017. (Justin Zadorsky / CTV London)
Police closed Ridout Street between Elmwood Avenue and Craig Steet with members of the Traffic Management Unit investigating and the street was re-opened around 11 a.m.
Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).
