A 29-year-old Victorian man, described as an experienced rider, has died after a crash at a popular Tasmanian mountain-biking trail.
Police said Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmania Police were alerted about 12.30pm on Friday to the emergency at Maydena Mountain Bike Trails at Maydena in southern Tasmania, about one hour and 15 minutes by road from Hobart.
"On arrival it was found that a 29-year-old man from Victoria had received life threatening injuries as a result of crashing his mountain bike whilst descending a technical section of the track," police said in a statement late on Friday.
Police said despite the "combined efforts of members of the public, who were close by at the time of the crash and emergency services personnel", the man could not be saved and died from the injuries he sustained.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
