A motorcycle rider has died in a single-vehicle crash in Leppington overnight.
About 11.30pm on Wednesday, emergency services were called to Price Ridge following reports a motorcycle had left the roadway and crashed.
The rider, a 23-year-old man, was ejected from the vehicle and sustained significant head injuries.
Officers attached to Camden Police Area Command and Macarthur Highway Patrol attended and commenced CPR prior to the arrival of NSW Ambulance paramedics.
Despite the efforts of emergency services, the man died at the scene.
A crime scene was established, and an investigation launched into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
A report will now be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
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A man has been charged over an act of animal cruelty committed on a duck in the Southern Highlands on the weekend.
The 24-year-old man was arrested at Southern Highlands Police Station and charged with recklessly beat and kill animal and commit an act of cruelty upon an animal.
He was also charged with traffic offences over an unrelated matter.
The Colo Vale man was refused bail to appear before Moss Vale Local Court today.
The alleged animal cruelty occurred in a car park on the Old Hume Highway, Mittagong.
Initial inquiries led police to believe two men chased a flock of wild ducks in the car park, before one of the ducks was allegedly caught and killed.
The men left the scene a short time later and police were notified of the incident.
