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A man has been charged after a fatal crash at a beachside suburb on Monday.

Emergency services were called to Ben Lexcen Drive and Eenie Creek Road, Sunshine Beach, about 11.40am following reports a silver Kia Cerato and a Kawasaki motorcycle collided.

The motorcycle rider, a 55-year-old Nambour man, sustained critical injuries and was declared deceased at the scene.

The driver and sole occupant of the Kia, a man, 45, of Noosa Heads, has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death.

He is due to appear in Noosa Magistrates Court on May 5.

The Forensic Crash Unit are continuing their investigation into the circumstances of the crash and have urged anyone who may have relevant information to come forward.

The collision was the third serious crash involving a motorcyclist in less than the week and the second fatality in the region in less than a week.

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