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54-Yr-Old Burnaby Motorcyclist Dies In Vancouver As City Records Seventh Traffic Death This Year

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 15 Aug, 2018 10:28 AM
    VANCOUVER — A motorcyclist has been killed in Vancouver's seventh traffic-related fatality of 2018.
     
     
    Vancouver police say a 54-year-old Burnaby man died at the scene in a crash involving his motorcycle and an SUV.
     
     
    It happened just after 6 a.m. on the city's west side.
     
     
    Const. Jason Doucette says in a news release that the 64-year-old Vancouver man driving the SUV remained at the scene.
     
     
    A section of busy West Broadway, west of Arbutus Street, was closed during the morning rush while police try to determine a cause of the crash.

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