A man died after his motorcycle was involved with a head-on crash with a ute near Dungog on the weekend.
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Police said a 38-year-old male motorcycle rider was travelling north on Stroud Hill Road, Nooroo, near Dungog, about 10am on May 21 when he attempted to overtake another motorcyclist.
The 38-year-old rider collided with a southbound dual cab utility.
He died at the scene.
The male rider of the second motorcycle was also knocked from his vehicle.
He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance Paramedics before being taken to John Hunter Hospital with a suspected fractured leg.
The two occupants of the utility were treated at the scene for shock and taken to Maitland Hospital for treatment.
The male driver will also undergo mandatory blood and urine tests.
In another incident, just after 12.20pm on the same day, emergency services were alerted to a crash on The Bucketts Way, Gloucester, approximately 500 metres north of Mograni Creek Road.
Police were told a Holden Commodore station wagon travelling east left the road, went down an embankment and rolled several times.
The driver, a 23-year-old man died at the scene while his 24-year-old male passenger managed to crawl from the car and alert a passing motorist.
The injured man was conveyed from the scene in a stable condition and taken to John Hunter Hospital.