A 36-year-old man was killed this afternoon when his motorbike crashed into a light motor vehicle on the Bethlehem Drive in Rustenburg.

ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find both of the vehicles in the middle of the road. The body of the biker was found approximately 10 metres away.

Paramedics immeditely assessed the man and found that he had sustained fatal injuries and showed no signs of life. Unfortunately, noting could be done for the man and he was declared dead on the scene.

The driver of the vehicle, a woman, was assessed and found to have sustained minor injuries. The woman was treated and thereafter transported to a nearby hospital for treatmen.

The details surrounding this incident are not yet known but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.