Farmers Discussion board employees
EGANVILLE — A 76-year-old man driving a bike died in a daytime collision with a farm tractor at a rural intersection 15 km north of Eganville on Sept. 26.
The crash occurred round 4 p.m. The Renfrew motorcyclist collided with a tractor because it entered the freeway from Walsh Highway — a facet street. The motorcyclist was transported to hospital the place he died a short while later.
Police say the tractor operator, an area 63-year-old man from North Algona Wilberforce Township, was not injured. A supply conversant in the accident advised Farmers Discussion board that he’s a beef farmer.
Charges weren’t laid however an investigation continues, OPP Constable Shawn Peever mentioned on Oct. 22.
At the least three Ontario motorcyclists have now misplaced their lives in collisions with farm tractors on the province’s roads since 2021. A 50-year-old man died in June 2021 in Huron County. One other male motorcyclist died in October 2022 within the Niagara area.
