Tractor driver charged after Highway 41 collision that killed motorcyclist

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Article content A 64-year-old man has been charged with careless driving causing death after a collision between a farm tractor and a motorcycle in September. The collision occurred at about 4 p.m.



on Sept. 26 on Highway 41 at Walsh Road in North Algona Wilberforce Township. The OPP said at the time that a preliminary investigation indicated the motorcycle was northbound on 41 when it collided with a tractor that had entered the intersection from Walsh Road.

The driver of the motorcycle, a 76-year-old male from Renfrew, was transported to hospital by ambulance, but died a short time later. The driver of the tractor was not injured. Officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP detachment charged Kevin Schoenfeldt of Naw on March 18, police said in a news release Monday.

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