Woman dies in motorbike crash with car

Matty EdwardsWest of England
News imageGoogle A Google Maps screengrab showing the B3148, which is a country road with hedges and fields on either side.Google
The crash took place on the B3148 Rimpton Hill, near the Somerset-Dorset border

A motorcyclist in her 60s has died after a crash with a car.

Emergency services were called to a crash involving a Honda motorbike and a black BMW 520d at around 15:00 BST on Sunday on the B3148 Rimpton Hill in Somerset.

The motorcyclist was travelling in the direction of the Dorset border and died at the scene of the crash, Avon and Somerset Police said. The force said her next of kin had been notified.

A police spokesperson said the driver of the car, who had been travelling towards Marston Magna, remained at the scene to assist officers' enquiries. The force appealed for any witnesses of the crash to come forward.

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