PICKERING -- A Pickering man who sustained serious head injuries in a motorcycle crash Sunday evening was stunt riding without a helmet, police said.
Witnesses told officers the rider, 34, was riding a Suzuki motorcycle on Mountcastle Crescent at about 6:50 p.m. when he accelerated and lost control of the bike, police said. The rider was thrown to the pavement and struck his head, police said.
The man, who was not identified by police, was rushed to hospital in Ajax before being airlifted to a Toronto trauma hospital.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 905-579-1520, ext. 5267.
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