Motorcyclist dies after Red Hill Valley Parkway crash

A 23-year-old man has died after his motorcycle collided with a car on theRed Hill Valley Parkway last Thursday. It's the seventh fatal motor vehicle collision in Hamilton in 2015, police say.

The man wasdriving a motorcycle northbound near Mud Street around 10 p.m.

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As the driver approached the Greenhill Avenue exit, his motorcycle collided with a car being driven by a 21-year-old man. The impact caused the motorcyclist to lose control, police say, before his bike struck a guardrail and he was thrown into the road.

Police are not releasing the man's name, and say the collision investigation is ongoing.

Speed is being looked at as a possible contributing factor in the collision.