OTTAWA — A young man died and another man is in critical condition in hospital after a motorcycle struck a pedestrian on Baseline Road near Clyde Avenue at about 4 a.m. Sunday.
The pedestrian, a man in his 20s, suffered “devastating traumatic injuries” when struck by the motorcycle, Steven Leu, superintendent of operations for the Ottawa Paramedic Service, said in a release.
The driver of the motorcycle, who paramedics believe to be in his early 20s, was found unconscious in the median and paramedics treated the man for life-threatening head injuries.
The man did not regain consciousness en route to hospital. He is in critical condition at the Ottawa Trauma Centre, paramedics say.
Baseline Road eastbound remained closed between Clyde and Cordova Street at 9 a.m. Sunday while the investigation continued.
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