AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2008
NSW: Man dead after motorcycle, four-wheel-drive, collide
A 50-year-old man is dead .. and his pillion passenger seriously injured .. following
a collision on the New South Wales north coast.
Police say the man and woman were riding on Myocum Road at Myocum .. about 15 kilometres
west of Byron Bay .. around 4.45pm (AEDT) yesterday when their motorcycle collided with
a Mitsubishi four-wheel-drive.
A spokesman says both rider and passenger were thrown from the motorbike.
The rider .. a 50-year-old Byron Bay man .. died at the scene .. while his passenger
.. a 42-year-old woman from Lennox Head .. sustained serious leg injuries and was taken
to Lismore Base Hospital for treatment.
The driver of the four-wheel-drive .. a 56-year-old woman from Ocean Shores .. was
not injured and is yet to be interviewed by police.
Officers are also yet to formally interview the pillion passenger.
A report has been prepared for the Coroner.
AAP RTV dr/psm/
KEYWORD: TOLL NSW (SYDNEY)
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