Warren: Teen dies following motorcycle crash on Oxley Highway

A teenage motorcyclist has tragically died on a highway in the state’s west after his machine hit had a tree following a two-vehicle crash.

A teenage boy has died in Warren following a crash in the state’s west.

A teenage boy has died after his motorcycle was involved in a collision with another machine then crashed into a tree.

Orana Mid-Western Police District officers and emergency services were called to the Oxley Highway at Warren, near Rife Range Rd, around 2.15pm on Sunday following reports of a crash involving two motorbikes.

Police were told that after the motorbikes collided, the rider of one of the motorbikes left the roadway then crashed into a tree.

The rider, a boy who is believed to be aged 16, died at the scene.

He had not been formally identified.

The other rider was taken to Warren Hospital for mandatory testing.

A crime scene was established and an investigation by the Western Plains crash investigation unit into the circumstances surrounding this crash had commenced.

A report would be prepared for the information of the coroner.