The Luxembourg Motoring Association (ACL) reported that during rush hour a serious accident took place near Mondelange The incident involved a collision between a motorbike and a car resulting in the death of a 58-year-old male motorcyclist confirmed by the Moulins-lès-Metz motorway control centre Preliminary findings indicate that the motorcyclist collided with a vehicle in the left-hand lane after being caught off guard by slowing traffic Motorists are advised to avoid the area as traffic is reduced to a single lane traffic jams extended nearly 15 kilometres on the A31 and 3 kilometres on the A30 the congestion on the A31 had grown to 20 kilometres Motorists travelling between 21:00 and 5:30 will be affected by a series of closures on the A31, which start on Tuesday and will run until 26 April, according to the French government department in charge of the work, the DIR East. the A31 will be shut near the Richemont junction in the direction of Luxembourg from Tuesday until Friday night the motorway will be closed to traffic near to the number 37 interchange at Mondelange the entrance ramps at Mondelange will be closed during the day “Local diversions will be put in place,” the DIR said in a news release adding that the ramps would again be closed at night from 25 April to 26 April (This article was originally published by Virgule. Translation and editing by John Monaghan.) 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