Bracebridge OPP confirmed this morning that the driver of a car involved in an accident yesterday on Hwy 118 W has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act.
Police report that they received multiple 911 calls starting at 1:09 pm on Oct. 21. Emergency services attended an accident involving a motorcycle and a car on Hwy 118 W in Bracebridge. The road was closed down for some time and the operator of the motorcycle was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Bracebridge OPP noted this is the second serious motorcycle crash in that area of Hwy 118 in recent memory.
In August of 2023, a motorcyclist was killed following in an accident in nearly the same location.
In September 2023 Bracebridge Town council formally requested that the District of Muskoka conduct a review of the section of Hwy 118 which runs through the Balls Flats area of town. The road is technically the responsibility of the District of Muskoka so the proposal was to request the District investigate safety along a stretch of road beginning at Manitoba Street to just over one km down Hwy 118.
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