(Prince Edward County, ON)—On June 20, 2015 at 2.25 pm officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Prince Edward County detachment were called to a multi-vehicle collision on the Loyalist Parkway at Stapleton Road. A group of eight motorcycles were travelling eastbound on the Loyalist Parkway when a westbound Mazda Miata crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with three of the eight motorcycles. Two motorcycle riders were pronounced dead at the scene. Three (3) others, the driver and passenger from the Mazda Miata and another motorcycle rider, were transported with serious to life-threatening injuries to hospital.
Assisting members of the Prince Edward detachment were the Prince Edward County Fire Department, Quinte Hastings Paramedic Services and the OPP Technical Collision Investigators.
The Investigation is continuing. Names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact the Prince Edward County OPP detachment at 1-888-310-1122 or 613-476-2151.