Motorcyclist killed at West Wallsend

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

A young motorcyclist has died after a horror crash at West Wallsend yesterday.

He was travelling north on the M1 just after 4:30pm when he crashed on the exit linking the motorway with the Newcastle Link Road.

The man was treated at the scene by paramedics but died a short time later.

Police are yet to release his name, and his family are travelling to Newcastle today.

Investigations are continuing but police say initial investigations has led them to believe the vehicle left the road and crashed.

Northbound traffic was diverted via George Booth Drive and Cameron Park Drive while police and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter attended.

Motorbike accidents throughout the Hunter over the weekend

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

Three men were flown to the John Hunter Hospital throughout the weekend, all suffering injuries from three separate incidents.

A 23-year-old man is recovering in hospital with lower back injuries, after crashing his quad bike yesterday afternoon on the sand dunes at Stockton.

The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to Stockton Beach where they found the man.

Meanwhile, the rescue helicopter was called out to the Buckets Way where a 60-year-old man had sustained a broken leg in a motorcycle accident.

And, the Tamworth-based rescue helicopter flew a 55-year-old man to hospital with chest and facial injuries after he crashed his motorbike at Sandy Hollow.