Drunk Audi A6 driver and Volkswagen crash on the Skuodas–Plungė road

On Wednesday, 13 November 2013, in the morning at 6:23, in Plungės district municipality, on the Skuodas–Plungė national road (kilometre 40.51), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Audi A6 Avant and a Volkswagen Passat. Five people were injured — the 32-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient), a 41-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient), a 54-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient), a 47-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient) and a 25-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 23-year-old driver of the Audi (5 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (1.35‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time

Wednesday, 13/11/2013, 06:23

Type

Head-on collision

Location

Krašto keliai Skuodas–Plungė, 40.51 km, Plungės r. sav.