A 30-year-old motorcyclist has died in a traffic accident in Gozo, the police said.

The man, Shaun George Vella, a young father from Sannat, was driving a motorcycle which crashed into a centre strip and an electricity pole in Mgarr Road, Ghajnsielem, shortly before 12.45pm.

He was rushed to Gozo general hospital where he died after a short while.

A magisterial inquiry is under way.