Fatal motor vehicle incident on Golden Ears Way

Ridge Meadows, Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS)

2024-07-11 10:00 PDT

File # 2024-13570

Pitt Meadows, B.C. – Ridge Meadows RCMP is investigating a fatal motor vehicle incident that occurred on Wednesday evening in Pitt Meadows.

On July 10, 2024, at approximately 6:40 p.m., Ridge Meadows RCMP frontline officers responded to reports of a serious single vehicle incident on Golden Ears Way near Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows. Police attended and observed BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) attending to the driver of a motorcycle who had sustained severe injuries to their head and body.

Despite life-saving measures provided by BC EHS, the driver of the motorcycle, a 70-year-old male from Langley, was pronounced dead on scene at approximately 7 p.m.

Initial reports and eyewitness accounts indicate that the motorcyclist was travelling northbound on Golden Ears Way approaching the overpass above Lougheed Highway before losing control of the vehicle, colliding with the centre median, and being ejected of the motorcycle.

The Investigational Support Team (IST), Serious Crimes Unit (SCU) and the Integrated Reconstruction Analysis Reconstruction Team (ICARS) were called out to assist with the investigation.

Golden Ears Way was shut down in both directions for several hours after the collision.

This is currently an active and ongoing investigation and no further information is available at this time.

Police are still seeking witnesses, dash camera footage and/or surveillance video from the area. If you have information, please contact the Ridge Meadows RCMP directly at 604-463-6251.

If you were a witness at this scene and have been affected in any way, please do not hesitate to contact the Ridge Meadows RCMP Victim Services program at 604-467-7650.

Released by

Inspector Adam Gander
Ridge Meadows RCMP
11990 Haney Place Maple Ridge, BC V2X 9B8

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