A TEENAGER has died following a fatal crash this morning.

Police were called to the junction of Harroway and Bloswood Lane, in Whitchurch, following a crash involving a white Mercedes van and a blue motorcycle.

The motorcycle rider, a 16-year-old boy from the Whitchurch area, was taken to Basingstoke hospital but died a short time later.

The teenager’s next of kin have been informed.

The van driver and his passenger, both 31-year-old men from Reading, were uninjured.

Officers are currently at the scene of the crash as investigations continue into the exact circumstances of the collision.

As a result of the incident, Harroway will be closed between B3048 junction and Newbury Road junction as well as Bloswood Lane at Caesar’s Way junction.

Anyone with information about the collision should call police on 101, quoting 44160388093.