An 18-year-old man is dead following an accident on a dirt bike Saturday afternoon.

Oxford County OPP were called to a private track on Highway 19, south of Road 74 in Zorra Township around 1 p.m. Saturday.

The male driver of the dirt bike was attempting to maneuver a jump on the track when he was thrown from the bike.

He was airlifted to a London hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

The driver of the dirt bike as been identified as Tyson Gortva, 18, of Mount Brydges.