NSW man dies in motorcycle crash

A man has died after he was thrown from his motorcycle during an accident in the NSW Hunter region.

Police said a group of men were riding motorcycles along Milbroadle Road in Broke on Saturday morning when one of them lost control while going around a bend.

The man left the roadway down an embankment and hit a drain pipe causing him to be thrown from his bike, police said.

The 56-year-old man died at the scene.