Police are asking for any information about last night’s crash. Photo: Michelle Kroll.
A 29-year-old Taylor man has become the seventh road fatality for 2025 after the motorcycle he was riding hit the rear of a parked truck in Mitchell.
About midnight last night (Sunday, 2 November, 2025), police and emergency services were called to the accident on Sandford Street, Mitchell, after a person saw a motorcycle and the rear of a parked b-double semi-trailer on fire.
The person moved the rider from the fire however the 29-year-old Taylor man was already dead. This is the seventh road death in the ACT this year and the third involving a motorcycle.
ACT Road Policing’s Major Collision Team is investigating the circumstances of the accident, and a report is being prepared for the Coroner.
Business operators in Sandford Street, Mitchell, are being asked to review CCTV footage from late Saturday evening immediately prior to and after midnight, and if footage of a motorcycle rider is observed, they are asked to contact police.
Anyone who witnessed the incident who has not already spoken to police or has information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 8205908.
