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Man dies in motorbike crash near Lake Wivenhoe, north-west of Brisbane, another man injured

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a motorbike collision near Brisbane that has claimed the life of a man.

Police believe two motorcycles were travelling along Northbrook Parkway at Dundas, near Lake Wivenhoe north-west of Brisbane, on Sunday morning when they collided head-on about a kilometre east of Northbrook Creek.

One rider, a 41-year-old Fitzgibbon man, was critically injured and died at the scene.

The other rider, a 51-year-old man from Newmarket, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Northbrook Parkway and surrounding roads were closed as emergency services responded to the crash, but have since reopened.

Police have urged anyone who witnessed the crash, or anyone with dashcam footage, to contact them as investigations continue.

It's one of at least five fatal motorbike incidents reported in Queensland this week.

On Wednesday, a 61-year-old man from Gladstone died after a collision with a sedan towing a trailer.

Police said the driver of the sedan and several bystanders rendered immediate first aid to the motorbike rider, but he died at the scene.

A 59-year-old Perth man died in hospital on Thursday, two days after he was involved in a serious motorbike crash in the Brisbane suburb of Everton Park.

A 66-year-old man also died on Thursday after a motorbike crash in Tiaro, north of Gympie.

On Friday, a woman aged in her 60s died after the motorbike she was riding collided with a ute on the Kennedy Highway at Mareeba in the state's far north.

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