An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser.  (Photo courtesy of the OPP)An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (Photo courtesy of the OPP)
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UPDATE: Police identify deceased motorcycle driver following collision with tractor near Carlow

**Updated as of 4:18 p.m., June 14th, 2021**

One person is dead and another is in hospital, after a fatal crash in Huron County.

Huron County OPP, alongside Huron County Paramedic Services and firefighters from the Goderich Fire Department responded to the collision scene. Police determined the driver of a motorcycle died after colliding with a farm tractor that was pulling a hay wagon on Sunday afternoon on Lucknow Line. Another person who was riding on the motorcycle was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the tractor wasn't hurt.

Police say the crash happened around 4:30, and the cause is still under investigation.

The deceased has since been identified as 50-year-old Gregory Crawford of Central Huron.

Lucknow Line has since been reopened.

Anyone who may have information about the crash is asked to call Huron OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or (519) 482-1677, or Crime Stoppers.

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