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Speed likely factor in B.C. motorcycle crash that killed 22-year-old man: police
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. – Police say a motorcyclist has died after losing control and being thrown over a highway barricade in West Vancouver.
Emergency crews responded to the crash on Highway 99 just before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Officers say a 22-year-old Surrey man died at the scene and his name isn’t being released at this time.
Police say witnesses reported seeing a motorcyclist striking a barricade before he was propelled several metres into a roadside embankment north of Horseshoe Bay.
Speed is being investigated as the primary cause of the crash.
Police say the rider was wearing a helmet-mounted camera and that investigators will analyze video that was being recorded.
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