Motorcycle driver charged after wheelie crash on Hwy 7/8
Video still of a motorcycle driver doing a wheelie on Hwy 7/8 in Kitchener. (Courtesy: OPP)
KITCHENER -
A 22-year-old man is facing multiple charges after he crashed his motorcycle on Highway 7/8 in Kitchener.
Provincial Police say at around 6:40 p.m. on Sept. 10, the man was seen doing a wheelie in the eastbound lanes near Fisher Hallman Road.
He crashed the vehicle and paramedics treated him at the scene.
But OPP say before officers arrived, a group of men loaded the motorcycle into a pickup truck and left the scene.
They posted cellphone video of the motorcycle, taken by another driver, on their social media account Saturday.
The driver, identified as Gregory Shaw-McMahon of Conestoga, is charged with dangerous driving, stunt driving, obstruct and fail to identify.
OPP are asking any witnesses to give them a call at 519-654-0150.
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