ACT Policing is investigating a single vehicle incident on Brindabella Road in Uriarra this afternoon (Friday, April 2) in which a motorcycle rider was killed.
Police were called to the location, about three kilometres south of the intersection between Uriarra Road and Brindabella Road around 12.25pm today.
Deceased at the scene was Scott Alan Dunkley, a 46-year-old man from Holt. Early investigations of the scene by the Collision Investigation and Reconstruction Team (CIRT) indicate that the motorcyclist, travelling southbound, lost control of his machine on a right-hand bend and it plunged down a three-metre embankment.
It is the ninth road fatality in the ACT this year.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
Any witnesses to the incident are urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via the website at www.act.crimestoppers.com.au (http://www.act.crimestoppers.com.au/).