Update – 4pm: A woman has died and a 9yo pillion passenger has been seriously injured in the second motorcycle crash on Tasmania’s roads today.
Police say a crash occurred between a station wagon and a motorcycle near the intersection of Native Plains Road and the Bass Highway at Sassafras around 12:10pm.
The driver of the car was not physically injured and investigations are ongoing.
Earlier: Two people have reportedly been seriously injured after a crash between a vehicle and a motorcycle near the intersection of Bass Highway and Native Plains Road at Sassafras this afternoon.
The Bass Highway is blocked in both directions between East Sassafras Road and Oppenheimers Road.
Two people have reportedly received serious injuries.
Motorists are being urged to avoid the area.
It comes after a person was killed and two were seriously injured in another crash involving a motorcycle and a car in the state’s south earlier today.
