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On Saturday, 27 July 2019, at night at 23:04, in Tauragės district municipality, Griežpelkių II village, on Tilžės street, a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a horse-drawn cart and a BMW 525. Six people were injured — a 0-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart (treated as an outpatient), a 2-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart (treated as an outpatient), a 7-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart (treated as an outpatient), a 9-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart (treated as an outpatient), a 5-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart (hospitalized) and a 0-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by a 36-year-old cart driver, who committed cart driving or herding animals at night or in poor visibility without lights. Both drivers were sober. A 29-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart was drunk (1.84‰). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / TimeSaturday, 27/07/2019, 23:04

Type

Collisions while moving in the same direction

Rear-end collision

LocationTauragės r. sav., Griežpelkių II k., Tilžės Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 169,00 km., Tauragės r. sav.