A 62-year-old Roseneath driver has been charged in connection with the August death of a 18-year-old motorcyclist in Trent Hills northeast of Roseneath.
At around 6:45 p.m. on August 8, Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency services responded to a report of a collision involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle in the area of County Road 45 and Broadworth Road.
The motorcyclist, an 18-year-old Hastings man, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. There were no reported injuries to the driver of the pickup truck.
OPP Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) members and the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario assisted with an investigation into the collision.
As a result of the investigation, police have charged at 62-year-old Roseneath man with careless driving causing death.
The accused man is due to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Cobourg at a future date.
