A MOTORCYCLIST died after a crash on the A338 yesterday (Sunday, April 22).
The crash happened at about 11.10am on the A338 just south of Newton Tony.
A Suzuki 600 motorcycle, ridden by a 36-year-old man from the Reading area, which was travelling south towards Newton Tony, collided with a blue Fiat Punto travelling in the same direction.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Fiat, a 30-year-old woman from Swindon, was uninjured.
The road was closed for a number of hours to allow collision investigators to examine the scene.
A police spokesman said: "The investigation into the circumstances of the collision is ongoing."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC John Armstrong at the Collision Investigation Unit by calling 101.
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