A report is being prepared for the information of the Coroner after a trailbike rider died in a two-vehicle crash at Aberglasslyn on Friday night.
About 7.30pm on 10 March, emergency services were called to the intersection of McKeachie Drive and Oakhampton Road, near Maitland.
It followed reports a motorcyclist had collided with another vehicle, a silver Nissan Dualis.
Witnesses rendered first aid to the rider – a man believed to be aged in his 20s – before the arrival of NSW Ambulance paramedics.
Sadly, he died at the scene.
The driver and single occupant of the other vehicle, a 17-year-old female, was not injured.
However, she was taken to Maitland Hospital for mandatory testing.
Officers from the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District established a crime scene and started inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
It’s the second such tragic accident to occur in the Hunter this week.
A motorcyclist also died in a two-vehicle crash at Kurri Kurri about 12.55pm on Tuesday 7 March.
Emergency services were called to the corner of Stanford and Deakin streets.
Early reports revealed a collision occurred between a motorcycle and an SUV.
But, despite the best efforts of NSW Ambulance paramedics, the male rider, believed to be aged in his 40s, died at the scene.
He is yet to be formally identified.
The 27-year-old male driver of the SUV was taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment, as well as mandatory testing.
Students at the nearby Kurri Kurri High School, who might have witnessed the incident, have been offered counselling, too.
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