A head-on collision between a car and a scooter caused the Moyenne Corniche to be closed for almost two hours on Saturday morning, shortly after 9:45am. The Monaco fire service was called to the scene where the scooter rider, 52, was gravely injured. The man, a Nice resident, later died from his injuries, according to Monaco-Matin.

French police based in Menton are seeking to establish the cause of the accident, in which the scooter was totally destroyed. This latest accident involving a two-wheeler underlines the fact that more than half of fatal accidents on the Cote d’Azur involve motorcyclists and scooter drivers.

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