3 dead after car and 4 motorcycles crash in Kawartha Lakes, police say

Crash killed car driver, an 18-year-old man, and two male motorcyclists, 72 and 65, OPP says

Provincial police say they are investigating after three people were killed and others were injured in a multi-vehicle collision in Kawartha Lakes, Ont.

Police say emergency crews responded to the intersection of Highway 7 and New Heights Road on Saturday at 6 p.m. for reports of a serious collision involving a passenger vehicle and four motorcycles.

They say the driver of the passenger vehicle, an 18-year-old man from Peterborough, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say one of the motorcyclists, a 72-year-old man from Dunchurch, Ont., was also pronounced dead at the scene.

A second motorcyclist, a 65-year-old man from Barrie, Ont., was airlifted to a Toronto-area hospital with serious injuries, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police say a third motorcyclist, a 30-year-old man from Sudbury, Ont., was initially taken to a local hospital with injuries and later transferred to a Toronto-area hospital, while a fourth motorcyclist, a 36-year-old Sudbury man, was treated and released at the scene.

OPP Const. Jacob Daynes told CBC Toronto Sunday the road was closed for some time for the investigation. The cause of the crash is still being determined, he added.

"We're still undetermined as to which direction each was going," Daynes said. "As the days go on, we're hoping that we'll learn more about what happened."

He said the motorcyclists were likely travelling in a group, but their relationship to each other is still unknown.

"The takeaway from all this is if we could slow down," Daynes said. "Visibility is one of our biggest, [most] important things that we got to look at while we're driving on roadways so that we can keep an eye out for everyone that's on the road."

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.