A Nanaimo man is dead following a fatal collision on the Old Island Highway at Oliver Road involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.
The collision happened shortly after 5 a.m. Monday and involved a motorcyclist in his early 60s heading northbound on the highway and the driver of a southbound Ford F-350 turning left onto Oliver Road, according to Nanaimo RCMP.He tells CHEK News the motorcyclist suffered “critical injuries,” and paramedics with BC Emergency Health Services arrived on scene before transporting the man to hospital, where he died shortly after that.
The highway was closed to vehicle traffic Monday morning but around 10 a.m. O’Brien said it had recently reopened. The collision remains under investigation, and anyone with dashcam video of the incident is asked to contact the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345.
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