Around 12:40am today, Thursday January 19th, police and first responders were dispatched to a reported single vehicle motorcycle collision on North Shore Road in Hamilton parish, near the junction with Radnor Road.

Details remain limited at this time.

However the rider, believed to be a 62 year old man, was injured and taken to hospital via ambulance, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

N‎o further information regarding the deceased will be released at this time, until next of kin has been notified.

An investigation into this fatal collision, the first for 2017, is underway and any witnesses or persons that were in the North Shore Road, Radnor Road Hamilton parish area around 12:40am should contact the main police telephone number 295-0011.