A 21-year-old male motorcyclist is dead following an early morning collision in Brampton, in an incident that has left investigators working at an active scene and snarled traffic across the surrounding area. Police say the crash happened in the very early hours of the morning, and the loss of a young rider has cast a heavy mood over the neighbourhood.
According to police, the collision took place in the area of Beauvoir Drive and Yellow Brick Road, where the motorcycle and a white SUV collided within the intersection shortly before 4 a.m. Investigators say one of the vehicles had been travelling through the intersection when the two came together in a violent impact that proved fatal for the rider.
Emergency responders who attended the scene performed CPR and other life-saving efforts in an attempt to save the motorcycle rider. Despite those efforts, the 21-year-old man succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, with the wreckage left in place as officers began their investigation.
Police say the white SUV involved in the collision initially fled the scene after the crash, leaving the intersection before officers could fully establish what had taken place in those first moments. The departure of the vehicle added urgency to the early stage of the investigation into the deadly collision.
In a notable turn, the white SUV that had fled later returned while police were investigating at the intersection. The vehicle came back to the scene as officers were carrying out their work, a development that helped move the inquiry forward even as the circumstances of the crash were still being pieced together.
Following that, police confirmed that a 48-year-old man has been arrested and charged with impaired driving. The charge places the question of alleged intoxication at the centre of the case, as authorities work to determine exactly how the motorcycle and the SUV came to collide in the intersection before dawn.
The scene of the collision has remained very active, with the wreckage still in the intersection and road closures in effect that are causing major traffic delays in the surrounding streets. Police have urged anyone who has to pass through the area to watch out, as the deadly collision continues to cause complications and the investigation into the impaired driving charge moves ahead.