The man was pronounced dead at the scene

A motorcyclist has died after he crashed into a lamppost. A 50-year-old man from Market Deeping was travelling from the A605 on Flaxley Road, Peterborough, at around 2.40pm on Friday (April 3).

The man crashed and struck a lamppost. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: “The rider of the 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 when he struck a lamppost.

“Officers and paramedics attended, but he was pronounced dead at the scene and there were no other vehicles involved.”

Police are appealing for information into the incident. Anyone with information should call police on 101 and quote incident 280 of April 3. Alternatively, they can report it online.

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