A male was pronounced dead on scene after a motorcycle crashed into a guardrail on the Gardiner Expressway late Wednesday night.

It happened in the westbound lanes of the highway near Strachan Avenue at around 11 p.m.

The westbound lanes were closed between Spadina Avenue and Jameson Avenue as police investigated however the road reopened at around 5:20 a.m.

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