Motorcyclist dies in trail bike event

A motorcyclist died after falling from his motorcycle during the annual Desert Storm motor bike trail ride event in the Karioi Forest near Ohakune today.

Constable Dylan Hovelle, of Ohakune, said no one saw the fall which happened about 11am.

"Other riders were on the scene within seconds of the crash and located the unconscious rider," he said.

Emergency services attended and the rider, a man in his late twenties, was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other details about the dead man were immediately available.

- NZPA