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A 53-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon after her motorcycle struck a concrete barrier on the Groat Road Bridge.

Police said the single-vehicle crash, involving a Honda Shadow motorbike, happened around 2 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the bridge.

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Paramedics and fire crews responded to the scene but the woman died before she could be taken to hospital, police said.

Although police have previously expressed concerns about speeding by motorcyclists on the Groat Road Bridge, in this case speed was not believed to be a factor in the crash. Alcohol also does not appear to have played a role.

Groat Road was shut down for several hours as the police’s traffic section investigated.

The woman’s death is Edmonton’s 18th traffic fatality of 2017. The name of the deceased was not released.