A teenage woman died in the early hours of yesterday after a motorbike crash.

The 18-year-old was on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish when the smash happened at around 3.30am.

A police spokesman said it appeared that the woman was “travelling east on North Shore Road when she lost control of her motorcycle and crashed”.

He added: “The woman was rushed to the hospital via ambulance where she later was pronounced dead.”

He said further information would not be released until next of kin were informed.