Motorcyclist killed in early morning crash south of Nanaimo Airport

NANAIMO — One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash along Hwy. 1.

Ladysmith RCMP, along with Cranberry Volunteer Fire Department and paramedics from BC Emergency Health Services, were called to Hwy. 1, south of Timberlands Rd., just before 4:30 a.m. on Monday, May 25, after a collision between a motorbike and a semi tractor-trailer.

Staff Sgt. Trevor Busch told NanaimoNewsNOW their officers arrived on scene a short time later, with the motorcyclist, a 40-year-old man, pronounced dead when they arrived.

“The investigation involved the assistance of the Collision Analyst and Reconstruction Team from the RCMP. Traffic was temporarily in the southbound direction, and the vehicles were temporarily diverted onto Timberlands Rd. and through an alternate route, although some of the traffic also chose to divert through Cedar.”