FORT FRANCES, ON) - Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Rainy River District EMS and Fort Frances Fire Rescue attended to a collision involving a single motor vehicle and a bicycle.

On Saturday June 7, 2025, at approximatley 11:40 pm the Rainy River District OPP, along with EMS and Fire, responded to a collision at the intersection Second Street east and Portage Avenue in the Town of Fort Frances, involving a motor vehicle and a bicycle.

Officers attended and found a cyclist had been struck while crossing the roadway. A pickup truck travelling along Second Street east as the cyclist crossed the roadway on Portage Avenue.

The cyclist, a 50-year-old from Fort Frances was transported to a local hospital and later airlifted by ORNGE Air to a Thunder Bay area trauma centre.

Second Street east and Portage Avenue remained closed while emergency crews were on scene and officers trained in collision reconstruction measured and documented the scene.