A woman has died following a motorcycle crash in the Upper Hunter.
About 1.30pm on Sunday 18 October 2026, emergency services were called to the New England Highway at Kankool, about 50 kilometres north of Scone, following reports of a crash.
Officers attached to Tamworth Highway Patrol attended and found a trike motorcycle had left the roadway before the rider, a woman believed to be in her 60s, fell from the vehicle.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the woman at the scene and she was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition. Police were told she died in hospital late that evening.
A crime scene was established and inquiries have commenced into the circumstances surrounding the crash. A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
