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Hit-and-run Volkswagen Transporter driver and BMW crash on Šilutės highway, Klaipėda

Injury accidentAt-fault driver fled the scene
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 1 March 2015, in the evening at 20:08, in Klaipėda, on Šilutės highway near No. 19C, a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Transporter registered in Germany and a BMW 525. One person was injured — the 28-year-old driver of the BMW (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 32-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (a citizen of Latvia) (2 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. He fled the scene. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was lit, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Šilutės pl. 19C, Klaipėdos m. sav.
50

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting on

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At faultFled the scene

Car driver

Male, 32 y. (exp. 2 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Latvia
Failure to keep a safe distance

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 28 y. (exp. 10 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania