THUNDER BAY - One woman is dead following a single-motorcycle collision on Highway 61 south of the city.
According to an Ontario Provincial Police media release, officers with the Thunder Bay detachment responded to reports of a motorcycle entering the ditch Thursday evening just before 9:30 p.m.
The incident took place near Little Norway Road where police say the operator of the motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve and entered the ditch.
The rider was conscious at the scene but collapsed when paramedics arrived. She was transported to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre where she was pronounced dead.
The woman has been identified as 57-year-old Sonya Matson of Neebing.
The OPP technical traffic collision investigators attended the scene and conducted an investigation.
