Gardai in County Wicklow are investigating after a motorcyclist died in a road crash at the Wicklow Gap.

It happened on the R756 road between Hollywood Village and the Kingriver Bridge at approximately midday today.

The 51-year-old-man was seriously injured after his motorcycle collided with an embankment.

He was airlifted to Tallaght Hospital where he later died.

The road is currently closed between Hollywood Village and the Kingriver Bridge to facilitate Garda Forensic Collision Examination.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the collision to contact them at Blessington Garda Station.