(Ontario Provincial Police file photo)

(Ontario Provincial Police file photo)

UPDATE: Motorcyclist killed in crash near Melbourne

By Ruby Sweeney

July 24, 2021 - 5:09pm

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Middlesex County say one person died in a crash near Melbourne on Saturday.

Emergency crews responded to an area on Melbourne Road around 6:45 a.m. for a motorcycle crash.

The driver, Chad Gardiner, 47, of Dutton, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Melbourne Road was closed for five hours while investigators surveyed the area. The road was reopened just before 1 p.m.

No other details regarding the incident have been released at this time.

Anyone with information regarding this incident should immediately contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122.

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