A motorcyclist died in a head-on smash with a car near Didcot on Monday night.
The rider was killed when his 600cc Yamaha Fazer machine and a Mercedes saloon collided on the Downs between the villages of Chilton and West Hagbourne.
The motorbike had just reached the top of West Hagbourne Hill, which links the A34 with the A417 Wantage to Reading road, when the crash occurred just before 8pm.
The driver and passenger of the Mercedes were uninjured.
The road was closed for five hours. The motorcyclist, who has not been named, is believed to have lived locally. The motorcyclist was declared dead at the scene.
Police have appealed for witnesses anyone with information is asked to contact Pc Pete Billingham at the Southern Oxfordshire traffic office on 01235 556850.
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