Ontario police say their “hearts are broken” after one of their officers died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 401 in Southern Ontario this week.
Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded shortly after 5:30 p.m. on April 27 to reports of a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on the highway near Cobourg.
Sgt. Brandon Malcolm, who joined the OPP in 2020, succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash, where he was pronounced dead, Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique said during an evening press conference.
Carrique said Malcolm was driving east on Highway 401 at the time of the crash and was on duty. He added that police have not ruled out the possibility of another vehicle being involved, but there is currently no evidence to support that….