50-year-old motorcyclist killed in crash in Peterborough on Good Friday

Cambridgeshire Police have issued an appeal for information following the death of a 50-year-old motorcyclist.

The rider of a red Triumph Daytona, a 50-year-old man from Market Deeping, was travelling north west from the A605 on Flaxley Road at about 2.40pm on Friday (April 3) when he struck a lamppost.

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Flaxley Road.

Officers and paramedics attended but he was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other vehicles involved.

Police have issued an appeal for information from anyone who may have witnessed the collision.

Anyone with info has been asked to contact police online at https://orlo.uk/Report-Info_Bm8Kj quoting Operation Poplar or incident 280 of 3 April.

Those without internet access can call 101.

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