An investigation is underway following a fatal motorcycle crash in the Lake Macquarie region this morning.
\nJust after 7.30am today (Thursday 25 April 2019), police and emergency services were contacted after the body of a man, and his bike were located down an embankment off George Booth Drive, Seahampton.
\nOfficers from Lake Macquarie Police District attended the location and commenced inquiries.
\nA crime scene has been established and is being examined by specialist forensic officers.
\nInvestigators would like to speak with anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may be able assist with establishing the rider\u2019s movements.
\nMotorists who were travelling in the area overnight are urged to review their dashcam footage and provide any vision of relevance to local police.
\nFurther information will be made available once the man has been formally identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An investigation is underway following a fatal motorcycle crash in the Lake Macquarie region this morning. Just after 7.30am today (Thursday 25 April 2019), police and emergency services were contacted after the body of a man, and his bike were located down an embankment off George Booth Drive, Seahampton. Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District … Continue reading “Fatal motorcycle crash – Seahampton”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}