A 17-year-old has died after crashing his bike into a truck at Risdon Vale on Sunday night.
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Emergency crews were called to the scene about 7pm, after reports of a crash on Sugarloaf Road.
Police said a small truck was turning onto the road, heading in a southerly direction towards Lindisfarne at the time of the crash.
The bike rider, from Herdsman Cove, was travelling along Sugarloaf Road towards Grass Tree Hill Road when he crashed into the rear of the truck on the driver’s side, police said.
Ambulance paramedics attempted to resuscitate the 17-year-old but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 67-year -old Risdon Vale man who had been driving the truck was not injured, but police said he was “badly shaken” by the incident.
The youth was driving a 200cc blue Suzuki motorcycle.
Anyone with information about the crash should contact police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.