Man dead after Bay Street motorcycle crash

(The Canadian Press)

A man is dead after a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a taxi in downtown Hamilton Monday evening.

Emergency crews were first called to the area of Bay Street and Robinson Street near city hall around 6 p.m. Monday.

According to police, a 23-year-old man was on a motorcycle going northbound at a "high rate of speed" on Bay Street while a cab was going eastbound on Robinson Street through the intersection.

The man lost control and tried to lay down the motorcycle in an attempt to avoid the cab, police say, but he flew off and struck the rear passenger side of the taxi.

"Several people came to the aid of the rider and assisted in performing life saving measures until EMS arrived on scene," a police news release reads.

The man was taken to hospital with no vital signs, and was pronounced dead there shortly after. His identity is not being released at the request of the family, police say.

The taxi driver was not hurt. The Hamilton Police Reconstruction Unit is now investigating.

A stretch of Bay Street South was shut down for several hours while officers examined the scene.

Any witnesses to the crash who haven't yet spoken to police are asked to call 905-546-4753.

This is the city's 13th traffic fatality of the year, and third in just a few days. Two other people died in traffic incidents over the weekend.

Neeko Stein, 19, died in a two-vehicle crash Friday night in Flamborough.

Pedestrian Marshall Kampen, 19, was killed when he was hit by a car Sunday night in Dundas.

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