A former police sergeant died in a traffic accident in Luqa early yesterday morning.

Joseph Attard, known to his friends as il-Lupu, of Birżebbuġa, was driving a Nissan Micra when it crashed into an electricity pole on a centre strip in St Thomas Road, Luqa.

The police arrived on site with Civil Protection Department personnel and a medical team. He was certified dead on the spot.

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