The Peterborough Examiner

Two hurt in motorcycle crashes; driver was not wearing a helmet

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Peterborou­gh County OPP are continuing to investigat­e two separate motorcycle crashes over the long weekend.

The first occurred Friday at about 3 p.m. on County Road 507 in Trent Lakes when a southbound motorcycli­st lost control while passing another bike.

The man, 33, crashed into a ditch and suffered serious but non-lifethreat­ening injuries.

He was airlifted to a Toronto hospital.

At 9 p.m. that night, a southbound motorcycle went off the road into a ditch and crashed into a culvert on Robinson Road in Selwyn Township. The driver was not wearing a helmet, police say.

The motorcycli­st, a 56-year-old man, was airlifted to Toronto with life-threatenin­g injuries.

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