A 24-year-old motorcyclist has died after a traffic crash on Brisbane’s bayside yesterday.
The young Wynnum man was travelling south on Creek Rd, Murarrie, when he collided with a red Mazda travelling north about 5.40pm.
The 24-year-old rider was thrown from his bike and taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with critical injuries and sadly passed away early this morning.
The driver of the car, a 54-year-old man from Cannon Hill, was not injured.
Investigators from the Forensic Crash Unit are appealing to any members of the public who witnessed the crash or who may have relevant dash-cam footage to contact police.
It was the third serious motorcycle crash and the second motorcyclist fatality of the weekend.
A 25-year-old male rider died when he crashed on Breakfast Creek Rd, Newstead, near the intersection with Skyring Terrace about 11.20pm on Friday.
And 21-year-old Toowoomba man was left fighting for his life after his motorcycle veered into the path of an oncoming car at the interesection of Drayton-Wellcamp Rd and Devine Rd, Wellcamp, about 8.30am on Saturday.
He remains in Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical but stable condition.