39-year-old Bowmanville woman dead in single motorcycle collision Saturday afternoon on Highway 115

Ejected motorcyclist in southbound lanes near Porter Road east of Pontypool was pronounced dead at the scene

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

A 39-year-old Bowmanville woman is dead after a single motorcycle collision on Highway 115 east of Pontypool on Saturday afternoon (October 25).

At around 3:35 p.m., officers with the Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an ejected motorcyclist in the southbound lanes of Highway 115 near the Porter Road exit.

The motorcyclist, who police have identified as a 39-year-old woman from Bowmanville, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A section of Highway 115 southbound was closed at Porter Road for around four hours while emergency crews responded to the incident and police documented the scene.

Peterborough County OPP are continuing to investigate the collision.

Anyone with information or video/dashcam footage of the incident is asked to contact the Peterborough County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.