Police responding to fatal motorcycle crash at Herberton area

Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash at Irvinebank this afternoon.

Preliminary investigations indicate a teenager was riding a motorcycle west on Herberton Petford Road which is an unsealed road.

After the rider came around a bend, he collided with a truck headed in the opposite direction.

The rider, a 14-year-old local boy, died at the scene.

Investigations are continuing.

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