On May 29, 2016, at approximately 4:00 p.m., James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Cochrane District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were called to attend a collision on Highway 11 in Lamarche Township approximately six kilometres south of the Town of Cochrane.

A motorcyclist travelling south on Highway 11 collided with another motorcyclist travelling in the same direction on Highway 11. The injured motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital, via ambulance where he died of his injuries; the other driver was uninjured.

Gerard RONDEAU, 61 years of age, of Iroquois Falls, Ontario died as a result of the collision.

OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) are assisting with the investigation.

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