Motorcycle crash: Ottawa police officer, 28, dies

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An Ottawa law enforcement officer who died in a motorbike crash Tuesday evening served many many years in the Canadian navy and joined the law enforcement assistance significantly less than two yrs back.

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Vijay Mathiyalaghan, 28, was killed in the solitary-vehicle crash on Tuesday evening, CTV News has discovered. The crash transpired close to 8:40 p.m. at the Freeway 417-174 split.

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“With good sadness, we share that 1 of our associates handed absent last evening soon after a single-auto collision,” Ottawa law enforcement tweeted Wednesday early morning. “The incident happened off obligation.”

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Mathiyalaghan was employed to the Ottawa Police Assistance in November 2020 following finding out police foundations at Algonquin University, resources explained to CTV Information. He also served various yrs in the Canadian military services.

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Colleagues say he was generally in a fantastic mood and experienced an “infectious smile.”

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Mathiyalaghan volunteered with the Ottawa Law enforcement Hoopstars plan. A 2020 Instagram submit from the system explained he was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Ottawa, was the youngest youngster in his loved ones, coached youth basketball and was passionate about motorcycles.

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“Our law enforcement relatives missing a brother previous evening,” Ottawa Police Affiliation interim president Brian Samuel said in a statement. “Vijayarani Mathiyalaghan experienced only been with us a quick period but his generosity and very good character have remaining an indelible effect.

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“We mourn the passing of our mate we will overlook his existence. The reduction of an individual so early in their vocation – what may well he have turn out to be, what contributions to our law enforcement community would he have produced.

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“We help our brothers and sisters on A Platoon Central, these from his latest recruit course, and all those who understood him, in the difficulty of this loss.”

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Flags are at 50 %-mast at all Ottawa police structures on Wednesday.

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The 417 eastbound on-ramp to the 174 was shut for a number of several hours and reopened overnight. Ontario Provincial Law enforcement are investigating the crash simply because it took place on a provincially managed roadway.