Highway maintenance crews cleaned up the wreckage following a fatal crash on Monday, June 12 at about 5:15 a.m. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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Motorcyclist killed in early morning crash in Nanaimo

Jun 12, 2023 | 9:40 AM

NANAIMO — A man riding a motorcycle died after being hit by a truck on the Island Hwy. at Oliver Rd.

RCMP say it happened at about 5:15 a.m. when the driver of a southbound grey Dodge Ram D350 tried to turn left onto Oliver Rd. hit the motorcyclist travelling north.

Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O’Brien said the biker, a Nanaimo man, was critically injured.

“He was transported to the hospital and later declared deceased,” O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW.

The motorcyclist was operating a newer model black Yamaha bike, O’Brien said.

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He was not conscious or breathing during life-saving on-scene efforts provided by bystanders.

O’Brien said police are hoping for more witnesses to come forward to help with their investigation.

“We’re looking at a lot of factors, but at this point drugs and alcohol have been ruled out on the behalf of the one-tonne truck,” O’Brien said, who noted the truck’s driver remained on scene and cooperated with investigators.

Oliver Rd. near the crash scene has since re-opened after being closed for a few hours following the crash.

The fatal crash shut down access to and from the lower portion of Oliver Rd. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

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