A 38-year-old Tillsonburg barber died after his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Simcoe Street in Tillsonburg, Ontario, on August 3, 2026, and police are now asking for public help.
The crash happened around 5:06 p.m. between West Town Line and Goshen Street, according to the Oxford OPP. Tuan “Jimmy” Hua was thrown from his motorcycle when it hit the back of the SUV. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries but did not survive. The SUV driver was not hurt.
Hua owned a barber shop at 1 Library Lane and was well known around town. He grew up in Tillsonburg after his parents came to Canada from Vietnam with help from a St. Thomas church. Friends say he was a mainstay in the community who sponsored a local hockey team, helped raise food and money for people in need, and had planned a church mission trip to Guatemala to cut hair at a Christian school.
He was also one month away from marrying his fiancée, with whom he had a son. Fellow barber Wilson Costa said Hua leaves behind his fiancée and his son.
The OPP is asking anyone with dashcam footage, business surveillance video, or witness accounts from that time and area to come forward. Anyone with information can call Oxford OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at ontariocrimestoppers.ca. Tips to Crime Stoppers could lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.
Simcoe Street was closed for several hours while officers gathered evidence. Sgt. Ed Sanchuk thanked the people who stopped to help at the scene, saying they “made a very difficult situation just a little bit easier.”
