A man has died after the electric scooter he was riding crashed with a ute near Newcastle.

Police said the accident happened at around 12:15pm on Appletree Road, outside West Wallsend High School.

Officers from the Lake Macquarie Police District rushed to the scene, alongside NSW Ambulance paramedics.

On arrival police said they found a man, believed to be aged in his 30s, had fallen off an e-scooter.

Paramedics performed CPR but he could not be revived.

The crash site remains a crime scene with tents set up in the rain, protecting evidence.

Plastic marking cones line the area near the tents.

The male driver of a utility was taken to John Hunter Hospital for mandatory testing.