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One dead after motorcycle crash in Marlborough

February 7, 2022
A St Johns ambulance (file picture).

A St Johns ambulance (file picture). (Source: istock.com)

A person has died following a motorcycle crash in Marlborough on Sunday.

Emergency services were notified of the crash on on Wairau-Hanmer Springs Hydro Road at around 3.45pm.

The motorcyclist died at the scene.

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