A report will be prepared for the Coroner following a fatal crash in the state’s Riverina today.

About 2.50pm (Friday 26 February 2016), emergency services responded to reports of a motorcycle crash on the Hume Highway, about 20km north of Holbrook.

The 65-year-old male rider was thrown from the bike. He sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to Canberra Hospital, however, died on route.

His pillion passenger, a 56-year-old woman, was also thrown from the bike. She sustained multiple fractures and was airlifted to Canberra Hospital.

The Hume Highway was closed to southbound traffic for six hours while police from Albury Local Area Command investigated the incident.