{"id":757045,"date":"2026-06-24T01:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/757045\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T01:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:17:35","slug":"update-police-say-brampton-man-21-victim-of-fridays-motorcycle-accident-in-gravenhurst-muskokatoday-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/757045\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: POLICE SAY BRAMPTON MAN, 21, VICTIM OF FRIDAY\u2019S MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN GRAVENHURST \u2013 MuskokaTODAY.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com<\/a><\/p>\n

GRAVENHURST \u2014 Police confirmed early Saturday morning that the undidentifed 21-year-old man who died in a Gravenhurst Parkway motorcycle accident at Reay Road yesterday afternoon was from Brampton.<\/p>\n

The two-vehicle mid-afternoon accident Friday that closed the road for four hours was reported at 3:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

Individuals in the second automobile sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dirt bike riders pass the scene tonight of this afternoon\u2019s fatal motorcycle accident on the Gravenhurst Parkway at Reay Road. PHOTOS Mark Clairmont MuskokaTODAY.com<\/p>\n

Police were called Friday, June 19, the intersection to Camping in Muskoka (former KOA) and not far from the Beaver Creek federal prisons and the Muskoka Airport next door.<\/p>\n

Although emergency crews were on scene quickly, lifesaving measures were not successful, and the driver of the motorcycle succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

Police have not released the name of the motorcycle driver.<\/p>\n

Or any details of which was they were driving.<\/p>\n

The Central Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) team was assisting with this complex investigation, said police.<\/p>\n

They said further updates will be provided as they become available.<\/p>\n

Tonight, just after the road opened, the scene where police investigated was covered in a light gravel mix, and several large orange OPP markings.<\/p>\n

The accident comes just weeks after another motorcyclist died May 21 on Ecclestone Drive at the south entrance to Bracebridge just five kilometres north.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A tow truck driver walks past his flatbed truck, with what appears to be the motorcycle, before taking it away around 6:30 p.m.
\n\"\"<\/a>The intersection at Reay Road and the Gravenhurst Parkway was closed for four hours for a police investigation.
\n\"\"<\/a>Reay Road looking out onto the Gravenhurst Parkway where the accident happened mid-afternoon Friday, June 19.
\n\"\"<\/a>The Reay Road intersection was shows where a 21-year-old motorcyclst died in collision with an automobile. Police said individuals in the vehicle suffered minor injuries.
\n\"\"<\/a>Orange OPP investigative markings dot the road following the accident reported at 3:40 p.m.
\n\"\"<\/a>Tonight the road was open to traffic, including shift workers from Beaver Creek prisons and just in time for movie goers headed to the Muskoka Drive-In.
\n\"\"<\/a>Police closed the Gravenhurst Parkway north- and southbound from the Beaver Creek Drive to just more than half-kilomtre south of the accident scene.<\/p>\n

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