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Saturday night death for motorcyclist in Central West
Sep 23, 2018
A 21-year old motor bike rider is dead following an incident in the Central West overnight.
Emergency services were on the scene at Beddoes Avenue, Dubbo around 10:40pm on Saturday night after receiving reports of a serious crash.
On arrival officers from the Orana Mid Western Police District established that a motorcyclist had crashed into a fence.
Paramedics attended to the rider of the bike, a 21 year old youth, however he died at the scene.
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash has been initiated, and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.
It was the second death of a motorcyclist on New South Wales roads on Saturday.
Earlier, about 2:30pm, at Blackbutt, near Shellharbour, south of Wollongong in the Illawarra district, a man riding a motor bike left the road and struck a tree.
The 46 male rider died at the scene.
All together, three males died on NSW roads on Saturday. Around 5:15pm, at Castle Doyle, about 11 kilometres east of Armidale, three teenagers and a 12-year old boy were injured when the car in which they were travelling over turned.
The driver, an 18-year old youth, was taken to Armidale Hospital where he later died.
The three passengers, a 17-year-old girl and two boys, aged 14 and 12, were trapped in the vehicle for a number of hours before being freed.
All three were taken to Armidale Hospital with serious injuries.
Officers from New England Police District, with assistance from the Crash Investigation Unit, are investigating the circumstances surrounding the rollover.
Overall it was a busy day for police patrolling NSW roads on Saturday.
In the Blue Mountains on Saturday night, just before midnight, a semi-trailer collided with a car and caught alight.
The Great Western Highway was closed for several hours from the time of the crash until well into the early hours of Sunday morning.
The driver of the semi-trailer, a man aged in his 40s, was uninjured, however the male driver of the car, remained trapped in the vehicle for one-and-a-half hours and was treated by paramedics.
Officers from the Blue Mountains Police Area Command worked with Fire & Rescue NSW to free the trapped driver, after which he was taken to Westmead Hospital in critical condition.
