{"id":787775,"date":"2026-05-11T01:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787775\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:52:12","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-scarborough-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787775\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in Scarborough crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A motorcyclist in his 40s is dead following a crash in Scarborough on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police were called to Orton Park Road just south of Ellesmere Road shortly after 6 p.m. for reports of a two-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p>Duty Insp. Jeff Allington says both the motorcycle and the vehicle were going northbound on the road when the two made contact and the motorcycle lost control, striking a tree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers arrived on scene and located a male motorcyclist with serious injuries and immediately began performing life-saving measures,\u201d said Allington. \u201cThese life-saving measures were continued by our partners with paramedic services, and unfortunately, the male motorcyclist was pronounced deceased here at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the vehicle did not suffer any physical injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators tell 680 NewsRadio it appears that the motorcycle was travelling at a high rate of speed and was seen weaving in and out of traffic before it collided with another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Police are appealing to anyone who may have been in the area and has dashcam or video footage of any kind to contact them as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A motorcyclist in his 40s is dead following a crash in Scarborough on Sunday evening. Toronto police were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-787775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116553446305631273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}