{"id":694983,"date":"2026-05-26T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/694983\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:10:10","slug":"motorcyclist-37-dead-after-losing-control-and-crashing-in-east-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/694983\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist, 37, dead after losing control and crashing in East York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 37-year-old man has died after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a vehicle in East York early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the rider was part of a group of motorcyclists who were allegedly racing southbound on Bayview Avenue, near Pottery Road just before 12:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police say one of the motorcyclists made contact with a black Honda CRV travelling northbound, causing the rider to lose control and crash.<\/p>\n<p>He was thrown from his bike, according to detectives, and pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the other motorcycle riders who were with him took off.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Share the road\u2019: Police issue safety warning<\/p>\n<p>OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt put out a message on social media Tuesday morning reminding drivers about road safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotorcycle season is here,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cThe OPP have already investigated 6 motorcycle fatalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcessive speed and loss of control were the most common causes of these collisions,\u201d he added. \u201cIn one of the deaths, the motorcyclist was driving properly, which means it was a result of the other driver that caused the crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Motorcycle season Is here. The OPP have already investigated 6 motorcycle fatalities. <br \/>Excessive speed and loss of control were the most common causes of these collisions. In one of the deaths, the motorcyclist was driving properly, which means it was as a result of the other\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c3zB95y1KL\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/c3zB95y1KL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OPP_HSD\/status\/2059267843938460005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/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.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 37-year-old man has died after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a vehicle in East&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-694983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}