A report will be prepared for the coroner after a tragic single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of an elderly man on the Northern Tablelands late yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services, including paramedics and police, were called to Strathbogie Road, Emmaville, about 26km north west of Glen Innes, just before 5 o'clock on Thursday, September 18, following reports there had been an accident.

Officers attached to the New England Police District attended the scene.

When they arrived, they found an elderly man unresponsive inside a ute.

Police say it appears that the vehicle had left the roadway and hit a number of trees.

The 82-year-old driver was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics, but sadly, he could not be revived and died at the scene.

Police established a crime

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