Serious crash closes Hwy 41 by Eganville

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Highway 41 south of Eganville will be closed for several hours following a collision between an SUV and a motorcycle shortly before 11 a.m. today (Thursday).

The operator of the southbound motorcycle was taken to hospital with serious injuries while the occupants of the northbound SUV were checked out at the scene by Renfrew County Paramedics.

Several paramedic units, Ontario Provincial Police officers from Killaloe and both the Eganville Sebastopol Stations of the Bonnechere Valley Fire Department responded to the scene of the crash between Wentland and Berger Roads, four km south of Eganville.

Detours have been set up to reroute traffic around the scene.