Rider Dies in Bruxner Highway Motorcycle Crash
by Rod Bruem | Sep 15, 2025 | News |
A 30-year-old man has died after his motorcycle left the road and hit a tree at East Lismore on Sunday night.
Emergency services were called to Ballina Road just after 7.40pm.
Police officers from Richmond Police District performed CPR before paramedics arrived, but the man could not be revived.
A crime scene was established and investigations are underway.
Police said a report will be prepared for the Coroner.
Anyone with information or dashcam footage is urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Rod Bruem began his career as a cadet journalist at the Lithgow Mercury in 1985 and went on to work in other regional daily newspapers, radio and TV, including time at Australia’s top newsroom at TCN9 Sydney.
Bruem has advised Federal independent and LNP Ministers and MPs and spent nearly two decades as a corporate communications adviser to Telstra. Rod moved to the Ballina region in 2014, publishing a national travel magazine and later becoming breakfast host at 101.9 Paradise FM.
From 2022 he served a term as councillor on Ballina Shire Council and the Rous County Council before leaving to co-found the Ballina News Daily.
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