A primary school boy has died after crashing head-on with another cyclist on an electric bike.

The collision occurred about 3.36pm on a bike path near the Kawana Way and Sunshine Motorway interchange at Mountain Creek on the Sunshine Coast.

A high school student was riding the other e-bike, and was not seriously injured.

The younger child was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition, but died not long after.

A police spokesperson confirmed the boys were travelling in opposite directions on their electrified bikes, and struck each other head-on.

They did not know if either boy was wearing a helmet, or if they were accompanied by an adult.

In Queensland e-bike riders must be 16 years old, or 12 if accompanied.

Anyone who witnessed the crash is urged to conta

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