SYDNEY, Nov. 6 -- A man has died in hospital following a light plane crash west of Sydney in a rural area of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Wednesday.

NSW Police said in a statement on Thursday that emergency services were called to reports of an ultra-light plane crash near the small town of Hay, almost 600 km west of Sydney and 370 km north of Melbourne, around 11 a.m. on Wednesday.

Ambulance paramedics attended the scene and commenced CPR on the sole occupant of the plane, a 39-year-old male, who sustained serious injuries.

He was taken to a nearby hospital in a critical condition before being airlifted to a Melbourne hospital where he later died.

NSW Police said that a crime scene was established at the site of t...