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3 dead after car and 4 motorcycles crash in Kawartha Lakes, police
say

   The Canadian Press | Posted: June 7, 2026 3:10 PM | Last
   Updated: June 7

   Crash killed car driver, an 18-year-old man, and two male
   motorcyclists, 72 and 65, OPP says

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   Caption: Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the fatal
   crash in in Kawartha Lakes, Ont. that happened Saturday
   evening. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)
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   Provincial police say they are investigating after three people
   were killed and others were injured in a multi-vehicle
   collision in Kawartha Lakes, Ont.
   Police say emergency crews responded to the intersection of
   Highway 7 and New Heights Road on Saturday at 6 p.m. for
   reports of a serious collision involving a passenger vehicle
   and four motorcycles.
   They say the driver of the passenger vehicle, an 18-year-old
   man from Peterborough, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene.
   Police say one of the motorcyclists, a 72-year-old man from
   Dunchurch, Ont., was also pronounced dead at the scene.
   A second motorcyclist, a 65-year-old man from Barrie, Ont., was
   airlifted to a Toronto-area hospital with serious injuries,
   where he was later pronounced dead.
   Police say a third motorcyclist, a 30-year-old man from
   Sudbury, Ont., was initially taken to a local hospital with
   injuries and later transferred to a Toronto-area hospital,
   while a fourth motorcyclist, a 36-year-old Sudbury man, was
   treated and released at the scene.
   OPP Const. Jacob Daynes told CBC Toronto Sunday the road was
   closed for some time for the investigation. The cause of the
   crash is still being determined, he added.
   "We're still undetermined as to which direction each was
   going," Daynes said. "As the days go on, we're hoping that
   we'll learn more about what happened."
   He said the motorcyclists were likely travelling in a group,
   but their relationship to each other is still unknown.
   "The takeaway from all this is if we could slow down," Daynes
   said. "Visibility is one of our biggest, [most] important
   things that we got to look at while we're driving on roadways
   so that we can keep an eye out for everyone that's on the
   road."
   Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.

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