Two men are dead after two motorcycles collided westbound on Highway 417 late Friday night, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Ottawa paramedics said.
The collision happened just before midnight at the Highway 416 southbound ramp, police said. Both Ottawa police and OPP responded to the crash.
One man was pronounced dead at the scene, paramedics said. The other was taken to a hospital trauma centre in critical condition, where he later died.
The victims were 27 and 24, paramedics said.
Both motorcycles were seen travelling at high rates of speed before the collision, OPP said in a Saturday news release.
The Highway 416 southbound ramp from Highway 417 westbound was temporarily closed but reopened early Saturday morning.
The investigation is ongoing with assistance from OPP’s Technical Collision Investigators and Reconstructionist unit.
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