Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 6 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:

A 57-year-old man has died following a single motorcycle collision on Tidbinbilla Road this afternoon.

About noon today, an ACT Road Policing officer patrolling on Tidbinbilla road observed a group of motorbike riders speeding while travelling in the opposite direction.

Soon after, one of those riders failed to take a right-hand bend in the road and collided with a tree to the left of the roadway.

Other riders and the police officer commenced CPR however the 57-year-old Palmerston man died at the scene.

Major Collision team members are conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the collision, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.

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