A 48-year-old motorcyclist died on Tuesday afternoon following a traffic collision in Paola.

The man, a Filipino national, was driving a Honda motorbike on Triq l-Irvellijiet 1958 at around 4.15pm when he was involved in a crash with a Land Rover Discovery being driven by a 37-year-old Maltese man from Paola. 

Police and emergency services were immediately called to the scene and the motorcyclist was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance. However, he unfortunately died a short while later. 

Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras is leading an inquiry into the traffic death.

The fatal crash was the second major collision involving a motorbike in Paola on Tuesday. Earlier that afternoon, a 31-year-old was grievously hurt in a collision on Triq Kristu Re. 

Photo: Malta Police Force CMRUPhoto: Malta Police Force CMRU

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