A motorcyclist has died after a crash south of Hamilton this afternoon.
The 66-year-old man was rushed to Waikato Hospital after he was involved in a head-on collision with a car at 1.20pm, but died in hospital early this evening.
The crash took place on State Highway 1 just south of the airport turn-off at Tamahere.
Emergency services had cleared the scene by 5.30pm and the section of State Highway 1 was now reopen, senior sergeant Juliet Burgess said.
Senior Sergeant Andrew O'Reilly of the Waikato District Command Centre said earlier today that initial indications were that the car and motorcycle had been involved in a head-on collision.
