A motorcyclist has been killed in crash with a truck in Invercargill.

Police were called to the scene, on Clyde St (State Highway 1) near Crinan St, about 9.30pm on Thursday.

“Sadly, the motorcyclist was located deceased at the scene,” police said in a statement on Friday morning.

The Serious Crash Unit was in attendance for a time.

A section of SH1 remained closed all morning on Friday but in an update shortly before 1pm NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advised it had reopened.