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Speed a factor in overnight fatal motorcycle collision: EPS

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A 28-year-old riding a motorcycle died after a collision with a tree early Saturday morning.

Around 2 a.m., officers responded to a collision of a motorbike with a tree near Roper Road and 42 Street, EPS said in a statement Saturday evening.

The female motorcyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries where she later died.

A memorial honouring the motorcyclist had been set up near the site of the collision.

The Edmonton Police Service believes speed to be a factor in the crash.