BY IAN CROUCH
A man has died in a two-vehicle crash at Muswellbrook.
About 5.30pm on Tuesday emergency services were called to reports of a collision between a utility and a motorbike on Maitland Street.
They arrived to find the motorcyclist, a man aged 18, had died at the scene.
He is yet to be formally identified.
Police say he was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver and passenger of the ute - both men aged 19 - were not injured.
The driver was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
A report is being prepared for the coroner as investigations continue.
