A 61-year-old man has died after a road crash on the A702, near Elvanfoot.
Officers from the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Motherwell are continuing their enquiries and appealing for information, after receiving a call to a fatal road crash at around 9.25am on Saturday.
Emergency services arrived at the scene, five miles south of Elvanfoot, to find the motorbike had come off the road and was down an embankment.
The male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is not yet known when the accident took place, however the man had been reported missing by his family on Friday.
Sergeant Ryan McAuley from the Divisional Road Police Unit at Motherwell said: "We are working to establish when this crash took place. The 61 year-old man used a filling station in Sanquhar around 11.30 on Friday morning and we are trying to establish his movements after this time. He was reported missing by his family on Friday evening, when he didn’t return home.
"I would urge anyone who saw this black Triumph motorbike being driven on Friday to contact officers. I would also ask any motorists in the area with dash cams to check back for any footage of the motorbike.
"Anyone with information that may assist our ongoing enquiries should contact 101 quoting reference 1097 of June 5."
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