A 23-year-old Richmond man has died after a motorcycle crash in East Vancouver.
The single-vehicle incident took place on Thursday afternoon, just after 2 pm. According to a police report, the motorcyclist was travelling south on Boundary Road near Rumble.
Boundary Road southbound at Rumble is closed until further notice following a single vehicle motorcycle collision. Drivers are advised to avoid the area. #VanTraffic pic.twitter.com/qrNXrsGT3i
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) August 22, 2019
The driver lost control and was thrown from his bike. Bystanders were reportedly performing CPR before paramedics arrived.
Officers from the VPD’s Collision Investigation Unit have not yet determined a cause of the crash, but they say that speed “appears to be a factor.”
This is Vancouver’s 10th motor vehicle-related fatality of 2019.
