BY IAN CROUCH

A man has died in a two-vehicle crash at Muswellbrook.

About 5.30pm on Tuesday emergency services were called to reports of a collision between a utility and a motorbike on Maitland Street.

They arrived to find the motorcyclist, a man aged 18, had died at the scene.

He is yet to be formally identified.

Police say he was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

The driver and passenger of the ute – both men aged 19 – were not injured.

The driver was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.

A report is being prepared for the coroner as investigations continue.