The Grand Ducal Police have reported that a serious traffic accident occurred between Reisdorf and Wallendorf-Pont, in eastern Luxembourg, on Wednesday morning.

At around 07:30 on Wednesday, a motorist was driving along the N19 from Reisdorf in the direction of Wallendorf-Pont when he lost control of his vehicle (for reasons still unknown) and crashed into the guardrails on the opposite side of the road.

The seriously injured driver had to be rescued from the car by emergency workers and received first aid on site before being taken to hospital.

During the rescue and evacuation work, the road was closed to all traffic; it reopened at around 10:30 on Wednesday.

An accident report was drawn up