An off-duty paramedic tried in vain to save a motorcyclist's life after coming across a crash on the Crown Range Rd yesterday.
Other motorists also helped the Invercargill man, who was travelling with a group from Queenstown to Wanaka.
St John also attended.
Acting Senior Sergeant Adrian Kerin, of Wanaka, said the paramedic arrived at the scene, a few kilometres south of Cardrona village, about 10 minutes after the single-motorbike crash and gave the patient CPR.
''When we arrived, they were doing CPR on him,'' Kerin said.