Overview
- Sgt. Brandon Malcolm, 33, was identified as the OPP motor officer who died Monday after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Highway 401 near Cobourg.
- Police say there is no early evidence another vehicle was involved, and investigators are asking witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to contact the OPP or Crime Stoppers.
- Members of the Northumberland detachment responded shortly after 5:30 p.m., and the officer was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Two OPP cruisers struck a stopped passenger vehicle while responding to the scene, and three officers went to hospital as a precaution and were later released with no other injuries reported.
- Malcolm joined the force in 2020 and rode with the Golden Helmets demonstration team, drawing tributes from the OPP commissioner, the officers’ association, and Premier Doug Ford.