N8 Accident; Credit: Grand Ducal Police

On Monday morning, a motorist died in an accident on the N8 between Reckange and Brouch.

The accident happened shortly before 09:00, involving a delivery van travelling towards Brouch and a truck travelling in the opposite direction which was carrying a full load of sand.

The two vehicles collided shortly after the junction with the Rue de Brouch. As a result of the impact, the delivery van ended up in the roadside ditch, and the truck ended up in the other ditch, tilted so that it lost much of its load.

In the accident, a total of five people were injured. One person succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the accident, and four other victims of the accident were seriously injured, of which one was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The road was closed to traffic until it was cleared of accident debris and the accident investigators had undertaken a forensics examination.

The Grand Ducal Police have made an appeal for witnesses to the accident to contact them on tel: 4997-9500.