N12 fatal accident scene; Credit: Police Grand Ducale

On Thursday morning, a motorist died in the first fatal road traffic accident of 2018 on the N12 between Bour and Dondelange.

The accident happened shortly after 10:30 when a car bring driven from the direction of Bour crashed into a roadside tree. The driver, a Luxembourg national and the sole occupant of the vehicle, was declared dead at the scene of the accident.

The public prosecutor has ordered a forensics examination of the scene of the accident. The road was temporarily closed to traffic.​