Motorcyclist dies in accident on Highway 5A

Posted on July 3, 2015 in City // 0 Comments

NEWS/ CORONER — The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a motorcycle incident near Kamloops on Thursday. He was Colin Leslie Mackay, aged 42, of Vancouver.

Mackay was the operator of a motorcycle heading northbound on Highway 5A at about 1:20 p.m. About 10 kilometres south of Kamloops, in an area known as Cardieu Hill, Mackay lost control on an uphill curve. His motorcycle left the road and cartwheeled down a 12-metre embankment.

He was deceased at the scene.

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